confiscate
verb
- to appropriate private property as a punitive measure
- take away
adjective
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Pronunciation: /ˈkɒnfɪskeɪt/ / /ˈkɑnfəˌskeɪt/
adj
Etymology: Borrowed from Latin cōnfiscātus, the perfect passive participle of Latin cōnfiscō (“to seize for the public treasury (fiscus)”), see -ate (verb-forming suffix) and -ate (adjective-forming suffix).
- Confiscated; seized and appropriated by the government for public use; forfeit.
“Therefore give out you are of Epidamnum, / Lest that your goods too soon be confiscate.”
“[…] thy lands and goods / Are, by the laws of Venice, confiscate / Unto the state of Venice.”
verb
Etymology: Borrowed from Latin cōnfiscātus, the perfect passive participle of Latin cōnfiscō (“to seize for the public treasury (fiscus)”), see -ate (verb-forming suffix) and -ate (adjective-forming suffix).
- 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.”
“We doe confiscate (Towards the satisfying of your accounts) All that you haue.”