CONFISCATED

Verb

confiscated

simple past tense and past participle of confiscate

Source: Wiktionary


CONFISCATE

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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