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Webster 1913 Edition
Confiscate
Con′fis-cate
(? or [GREEK])
, Adj.
[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
. Shakespeare
Con′fis-cate
(? or [GREEK]; 277)
, Verb.
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.
Webster 1828 Edition
Confiscate
CONFISCATE
,Verb.
T.
The estate of the rebels was seized and confiscated.
CONFISCATE
,Adj.
Definition 2024
confiscate
confiscate
English
Verb
confiscate (third-person singular simple present confiscates, present participle confiscating, simple past and past participle confiscated)
- (transitive) To use one's authority to lay claim to and separate a possession from its holder.
- In schools it is common for teachers to confiscate electronic games and other distractions.
Synonyms
- (take possession of or lay claim to): appropriate, arrogate, commandeer, expropriate, requisition, usurp, steal, rob
Translations
take possession of by force
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See also
Adjective
confiscate (not comparable)
- (obsolete) confiscated; seized and appropriated by the government for public use; forfeit
- Shakespeare
- Lest that your goods too soon be confiscate.
- Shakespeare
- Thy lands and goods / Are, by the laws of Venice, confiscate / Unto the state of Venice.
- Shakespeare
Italian
Verb
confiscate
- second-person plural present indicative of confiscare
- second-person plural imperative of confiscare
- feminine plural of confiscato