'Confiscate' definitions:

Definition of 'confiscate'

(from WordNet)
adjective
Surrendered as a penalty [syn: confiscate, forfeit, forfeited]
verb
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, confiscate, seize]

Definition of 'Confiscate'

From: GCIDE
  • 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. [1913 Webster]
  • Lest that your goods too soon be confiscate. --Shak. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'Confiscate'

From: GCIDE
  • 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. [1913 Webster]
  • It was judged that he should be banished and his whole estate confiscated and seized. --Bacon. [1913 Webster]

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