Meaning of CONFISCATE
| Pronunciation: | | 'kânfi`skeyt
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- [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"
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| | Synonyms: | | appropriated, attach, condemned, confiscated, forfeit, forfeited, impound, lost, seize, seized, sequester, taken, taken over |
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| | See Also: | | distrain, garnishee, take | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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\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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| | Related Terms: | | 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 |
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