没收

沒收

mòshōu

verb HSK 6 #5,365

Meanings

To seize and collect - confiscation by authority.

HSK 1

老师没收了他的手机。

Lǎoshī mòshōu le tā de shǒujī.

The teacher confiscated his phone.

HSK 4

他的财产被没收了。

Tā de cáichǎn bèi mòshōu le.

His property was confiscated.

HSK 7-9

海关没收了违禁品。

Hǎiguān mòshōu le wéijìnpǐn.

Customs confiscated the contraband.

grammar

Here 没 is pronounced mò (4th tone), NOT méi. This is a different meaning from 没有 (méiyǒu). 没 as mò means 'to confiscate' or 'to sink.'

没 méi

收 shōu