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con⋅fis⋅cate

  [kon-fuh-skeyt, kuhn-fis-keyt] verb, -cat⋅ed, -cat⋅ing, adjective
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–verb (used with object)
1. to seize as forfeited to the public domain; appropriate, by way of penalty, for public use.
2. to seize by or as if by authority; appropriate summarily: The border guards confiscated our movie cameras.
–adjective
3. seized.
Origin:
1525–35; < L confiscātus (ptp. of confiscāre to seize for the public treasury), equiv. to con- con- + fisc(us) basket, moneybag, public treasury (see fiscal ) + -ātus -ate 1

Related forms:
con⋅fis⋅cat⋅a⋅ble, adjective
con⋅fis⋅ca⋅tion, noun
con⋅fis⋅ca⋅tor, noun
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con·fis·cate   (kŏn'fĭ-skāt')   
tr.v.   con·fis·cat·ed, con·fis·cat·ing, con·fis·cates
  1. To seize (private property) for the public treasury.
  2. To seize by or as if by authority. See Synonyms at appropriate.
adj.   (kŏn'fĭ-skāt', kən-fĭs'kət)
  1. Seized by a government; appropriated.
  2. Having lost property through confiscation.

[Latin cōnfiscāre, cōnfiscāt : com-, com- + fiscus, treasury.]
con'fis·ca'tion n., con'fis·ca'tor n., con·fis'ca·to'ry (kən-fĭs'kə-tôr'ē, -tōr'ē) adj.
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Confiscation

Con`fis*ca"tion\, n. [L. confiscatio.] The act or process of taking property or condemning it to be taken, as forfeited to the public use.

The confiscations following a subdued rebellion. --Hallam.
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