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Confiscate

Confiscate Definition And Meaning
What's The Definition Of Confiscate? [adj] taken without permission or consent especially by public authority; "the condemned land was used for a highway cloverleaf"; "the confiscated liquor was poured down the drain" [adj] surrendered as a penalty [v] take temporary possession of as a security, by legal authority; "The FBI seized the drugs"; "The customs agents impounded the illegal shipment"; "The police confiscated the stolen artwork" Synonyms \| Synonyms for Confiscate: appropriated \| attach \| condemned \| confiscated \| forfeit \| forfeited \| impound \| lost \| seize \| seized \| sequester \| taken \| taken over Related Terms \| Find terms related to Confiscate: accroach \| annex \| appropriate \| arrogate \| attach \| collectivize \| commandeer \| communalize \| communize \| distrain \| expropriate \| garnish \| impound \| impress \| levy \| nationalize \| preempt \| press \| replevin \| replevy \| seize \| sequester \| sequestrate \| socialize \| take \| take away See Also \| distrain \| garnishee \| take Confiscate In Webster's Dictionary \Con"fiscate\ (? or ?), a. [L. confiscatus, p. p. of confiscare to confiscate, prop., to lay up in a chest; con- + fiscus basket, purse, treasury. See {Fiscal}.] Seized and appropriated by the government to the public use; forfeited. Lest that your goods too soon be confiscate. --Shak. \Con"fiscate\ (? or ?; 277), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Confiscated}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Confiscating}.] To seize as forfeited to the public treasury; to appropriate to the public use. It was judged that he should be banished and his whole estate confiscated and seized. --Bacon.

Confiscate Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Confiscate?

[adj] taken without permission or consent especially by public authority; "the condemned land was used for a highway cloverleaf"; "the confiscated liquor was poured down the drain"
[adj] surrendered as a penalty
[v] take temporary possession of as a security, by legal authority; "The FBI seized the drugs"; "The customs agents impounded the illegal shipment"; "The police confiscated the stolen artwork"

See Also | distrain | garnishee | take

Confiscate In Webster's Dictionary

\Con"fis*cate\ (? or ?), a. [L. confiscatus, p. p. of
confiscare to confiscate, prop., to lay up in a chest; con- +
fiscus basket, purse, treasury. See {Fiscal}.]
Seized and appropriated by the government to the public use;
forfeited.

      Lest that your goods too soon be confiscate. --Shak.


\Con"fis*cate\ (? or ?; 277), v. t. [imp. & p. p.
{Confiscated}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Confiscating}.]
To seize as forfeited to the public treasury; to appropriate
to the public use.

      It was judged that he should be banished and his whole
      estate confiscated and seized.           --Bacon.

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