Confiscate \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.
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Lest that your goods too soon be confiscate. --Shak.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Confiscate \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.
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It was judged that he should be banished and his whole
estate confiscated and seized. --Bacon.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
confiscate
adj 1: surrendered as a penalty [syn: forfeit, forfeited]
2: 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" [syn: appropriated, condemned, confiscated, seized,
taken over]
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" [syn: impound, attach,
sequester, seize]
WordNet (r) 2.0
26 Moby Thesaurus words for "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
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
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