About The Word Confiscate
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Confiscate
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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"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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