confiscate
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English[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
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Etymology[edit]
From Latin confiscare (“to declare property of the fisc”).
Verb[edit]
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.
- In schools it is common for teachers to confiscate electronic games and other distractions.
Synonyms[edit]
- (take possession of or lay claim to): appropriate, arrogate, commandeer, expropriate, requisition, usurp, steal, rob
Translations[edit]
take possession of by force
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See also[edit]
Adjective[edit]
confiscate (not comparable)
- (obsolete) confiscated; seized and appropriated by the government for public use; forfeit
- Shakespeare
- Lest that your goods too soon be confiscate.
- Shakespeare
- Thy lands and goods / Are, by the laws of Venice, confiscate / Unto the state of Venice.
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Italian[edit]
Verb[edit]
confiscate
- second-person plural present indicative of confiscare
- second-person plural imperative of confiscare
- feminine plural of confiscato
Anagrams[edit]
Latin[edit]
Verb[edit]
confiscāte
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