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3 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: 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. Lest that your goods too soon be confiscate. --Shak. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: 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 It was judged that he should be banished and his whole estate confiscated and seized. --Bacon. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: confiscate adj 1: surrendered as a penalty [syn: {forfeit}, {forfeited}] 2: taken without permission or consent especially by public authority; "the condemned land was used for a highway cloverleaf"; "the confiscated liquor was poured down the drain [syn: {appropriated}, {condemned}, {confiscated}, {seized}, {taken over}] v : take by legal authority [syn: {impound}, {attach}, {sequester}, {seize}]
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