Confiscate
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /ˈkɒnfɪskeɪt/ · Part of speech verb
Quick meaning: Confiscate is a verb meaning (transitive) To use one's authority to lay claim to and separate a possession from its holder.
Meaning
(transitive) To use one's authority to lay claim to and separate a possession from its holder.
More Meanings
- (obsolete) Confiscated; seized and appropriated by the government for public use; forfeit.
Example Sentences
We doe confiscate (Towards the satisfying of your accounts) All that you haue.
Therefore give out you are of Epidamnum, / Lest that your goods too soon be confiscate.
In schools, it is common for teachers to confiscate electronic games and other distractions.
Why, your cavalier is a rebel—an exile, whose property is confiscated, and for whose neck the gibbet stands prepared!
Word Forms
- confiscates
- confiscating
- confiscated
- confuscate
Synonyms for confiscate
Depending on context, synonyms include appropriate, arrogate, commandeer, expropriate, requisition, usurp.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include forfeit, impound, sequester, appropriated, seize, condemned.
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