Thesaurus: confiscate

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1. a. Seized and appropriated by the government to the public use; forfeited.
2. v. t. To seize as forfeited to the public treasury; to appropriate to the public use.
3. adj. surrendered as a penalty
4. v. take temporary possession of as a security, by legal authority
5. Seized and appropriated by the government to the public use; forfeited. Lest that your goods too soon be confiscate. Shak. 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.
6. Seized and appropriated by the government to the public use;forfeited.Lest that your goods too soon be confiscate. Shak.
7. v:100 s. surrendered as a penalty