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confiscatory

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con⋅fis⋅ca⋅to⋅ry

  [kuhn-fis-kuh-tawr-ee, -tohr-ee]
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–adjective
characterized by, effecting, or resulting in confiscation.
Origin:
1790–1800; confiscate + -ory 1
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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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