Associations to the word «Confiscate»
Noun
- Restitution
- Property
- Fief
- Passport
- Loyalist
- Nazis
- Gestapo
- Landowner
- Estate
- Treason
- Valuable
- Edict
- Royalist
- Asset
- Possession
- Reparation
- Firearm
- Aquitaine
- Belonging
- Compensation
- Land
- Decree
- Degenerate
- Nobles
- Reformation
- Heretic
- Inquisition
- Clergy
- Reprisal
- Templar
- Monastery
- Traitor
- Shipment
- Pretext
- Censor
- Auction
- Soviets
- Parliamentarian
- Treasury
- Peasant
- Freedman
- Nobility
- Smuggling
- Rebellion
- Jesuit
- Proceeds
- Habsburg
- Booty
- Cromwell
- Wealth
- Creditor
- Rebel
- Crown
- Landlord
- Arrest
- Livestock
- Marijuana
- Opium
Adjective
Verb
Adverb
Wiktionary
CONFISCATE, verb. (transitive) To use one's authority to lay claim to and separate a possession from its holder.
CONFISCATE, adjective. (obsolete) confiscated; seized and appropriated by the government for public use; forfeit
Dictionary definition
CONFISCATE, verb. Take temporary possession of as a security, by legal authority; "The FBI seized the drugs"; "The customs agents impounded the illegal shipment"; "The police confiscated the stolen artwork".
CONFISCATE, adjective. Surrendered as a penalty.
Wise words
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