'Confiscated' definitions:
Definition of 'Confiscated'
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]
Definition of 'confiscated'
From: GCIDE
- confiscated \confiscated\ adj. taken without permission or consent, especially by or as if by a public authority; as, the confiscated liquor was poured down the drain; teh customs agents confiscated the banned fruits.
- Syn: appropriated, confiscate, seized, taken over. [WordNet 1.5]