Definition of confiscate

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con·fis·cate    (knf-skt) KEY 

TRANSITIVE VERB:
con·fis·cat·ed, con·fis·cat·ing, con·fis·cates

1. To seize (private property) for the public treasury.
2. To seize by or as if by authority. See Synonyms at appropriate.

ADJECTIVE:
(knf-skt, kn-fskt)

1. Seized by a government; appropriated.
2. Having lost property through confiscation.

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ETYMOLOGY:
Latin cnfiscre, cnfisct : com-, com- + fiscus, treasury

OTHER FORMS:
confis·cation(Noun), confis·cator(Noun), con·fisca·tory  (kn-fsk-tôr, -tr) KEY (Adjective)