Confiscate
21confiscate — con|fis|cate [ˈkɔnfıskeıt US ˈka:n ] v [T] [Date: 1500 1600; : Latin; Origin: , past participle of confiscare, from com ( COM ) + fiscus ( FISCAL)] to officially take private property away from someone, usually as a punishment ▪ Miss Williams… …
22confiscate — con|fis|cate [ kanfı,skeıt ] verb transitive to officially remove someone s possessions for legal reasons or as a punishment: Police confiscated their weapons. ╾ con|fis|ca|tion [ ,kanfı skeıʃ(ə)n ] noun count or uncount …
23confiscate — con·fis·cate || kÉ’nfɪskeɪt v. take away, seize (property, money, etc.) …
24confiscate — [ kɒnfɪskeɪt] verb take or seize (property) with authority. ↘appropriate to the public treasury as a penalty. Derivatives confiscation noun confiscator noun confiscatory adjective Origin C16 (earlier (C15) as confiscation): from L. confiscat ,… …
25confiscate — v. a. Cause to be forfeited, condemn to public use …
26confiscate — verb (T) to officially take private property away from someone, usually as a punishment: Miss Williams confiscated all our sweets. confiscation, noun (C, U): the confiscation of pornographic material confiscatory adjective …
27confiscate — verb the guards confiscated his camera Syn: impound, seize, commandeer, requisition, appropriate, expropriate, sequester, sequestrate, take (away); Law distrain Ant: return …
28confiscate — v 1. seize, appropriate, expropriate, commandeer, arrogate, usurp, take possession of, claim. 2. dispossess, deprive, divest, Law. disseize, impound, Law. distrain. 3. steal, thieve, rob; plunder, despoil, pillage …
29confiscate — con·fis·cate …
30confiscate — verb Syn: impound, seize, commandeer, requisition, appropriate, expropriate, sequester Ant: return …
