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