Confiscate
['kɒnfɪskeɪt] or ['kɑnfɪsket]
Definition
(a.) Seized and appropriated by the government to the public use; forfeited.
(v. t. ) To seize as forfeited to the public treasury; to appropriate to the public use.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
v. a. Cause to be forfeited, condemn to public use.
Typed by Debora
Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Seize, escheat, dis, possess, sequestrate, distrain
ANT:Restore, release, refund
Checked by Calvin
Definition
v.t. to appropriate to the state as a penalty: to take possession of.—adj. forfeited to the public treasury.—adjs. Confis′cable Confis′catory of the nature of confiscation.—ns. Confiscā′tion the act of confiscating; Con′fiscātor one who confiscates.
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Examples
- The property of the rich was taxed or confiscated in order that it should be divided among the poor. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- If the stamp is of an inferior price to what the testator ought to have made use of, his succession is confiscated. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- If they catch us with the treasure aboard it will all be confiscated anyway. Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
- Then they consulted a good while; and finally they confiscated it. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- He and his books were in frequent requisition as to property confiscated and made national. Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
- The boat is confiscated. Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell To Arms.
- They, in a manner, confiscated the domains of the Church! Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- They do not call it confiscating the church property. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
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