CONFISCATE

confiscate, forfeit, forfeited

(adjective) surrendered as a penalty

impound, attach, sequester, confiscate, seize

(verb) take temporary possession of as a security, by legal authority; “The FBI seized the drugs”; “The customs agents impounded the illegal shipment”; “The police confiscated the stolen artwork”

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Etymology

Verb

confiscate (third-person singular simple present confiscates, present participle confiscating, simple past and past participle confiscated)

(transitive) To use one's authority to lay claim to and separate a possession from its holder.

Synonyms

• (take possession of or lay claim to): appropriate, arrogate, commandeer, expropriate, requisition, usurp, steal, rob

Adjective

confiscate (not comparable)

(obsolete) Confiscated; seized and appropriated by the government for public use; forfeit.

Source: Wiktionary

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Con"fis*cate ( or , a. Etym: [L. confiscatus, p.p. of confiscare to confiscate, prop., to lay up in a chest; con- + fiscus basket, purse, treasury. See Fiscal.]

Definition: Seized and appropriated by the government to the public use; forfeited. Lest that your goods too soon be confiscate. Shak.

Con"fis*cate ( or , v. t. [imp & p. p. Confiscated; p.pr & vb. n. Confiscating.]

Definition: 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.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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