Confiscating

Confiscating
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]


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