samsamin
samsamín with stress marks
to confiscate [it]
From root: samsam
Conjugations
Past (Completed)
sinamsam
si-nam-SAM
confiscated
Present (Incomplete)
sinasamsam
si-na-sam-SAM
is being confiscated
Future (Contemplated)
sasamsamin
sa-sam-sa-MIN
will be confiscated
Usage Note
Samsamin is the object-focus -in form of samsam, used when the property being seized or confiscated is the grammatical focus. It frequently appears in news coverage of government raids, police operations, and customs enforcement, and the negative overtone of force or abuse of power carries over from the root; pairs with actor-focus manamsam.
Examples
" Sasamsamin ng pulis ang baril. "
Natural Translation
The police will confiscate the gun.
Literal Translation
Will-confiscate by police the gun.
" Kailangan nilang samsamin ang mga pekeng produkto. "
Natural Translation
They need to confiscate the fake products.
Literal Translation
Need they to-confiscate the plural fake product.
" Iniutos ng korte na samsamin ang lahat ng ari-ariang nakuha mula sa ipinagbabawal na pinagkakakitaan ng grupo. "
Natural Translation
The court ordered that all the property obtained from the group's illegal source of income be confiscated.
Literal Translation
Ordered by court linker to-confiscate the all of property obtained from prohibited linker source-of-income of group.
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