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   confiscate

   /ˈkɒnfɪskeɪt/

   verb

   • 1. take or seize (someone's property) with authority: "the guards confiscated his camera"
   • ▪ appropriate (something, especially land) to the public treasury as a penalty: "this land was confiscated after the Second World War"

   Word Origin mid 16th century: from Latin confiscat- ‘put away in a chest, consigned to the public treasury’, from the verb confiscare, based on con- ‘together’ + fiscus ‘chest, treasury’.

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   CONFISCATE definition: 1. to take a possession away from someone when you have the right to do so, usually as a punishment…. Learn more.

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   Learn the meaning, synonyms, examples, and history of the word confiscate, which can be an adjective or a verb. Confiscate means to seize as forfeited to the public treasury or to deprive of property by confiscation.

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   Confiscate means to seize property for public use or as a penalty. Learn how to use this verb in a sentence, its adjective form and its word history from Latin.

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   CONFISCATE meaning: 1. to take a possession away from someone when you have the right to do so, usually as a punishment…. Learn more.

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   To confiscate means to take away temporarily for security or legal reasons. It implies an act by an authority upon one of less power. If you use your cell phone in class, the teacher might confiscate it for the day.

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   Learn the meaning of confiscate, a verb that means to take something away from someone, usually as a punishment. Find synonyms, pronunciation, collocations, and usage examples of confiscate in British and American English.

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   Confiscate means to officially take something away from somebody, especially as a punishment. Learn how to use this verb in different contexts, such as crime and punishment, with pictures, pronunciation and synonyms.