Associations to the word «Confiscate»
Noun
- Owner
- Seizure
- Copy
- Rosenberg
- Grenade
- Odo
- Good
- Pasha
- Communist
- Restoration
- Government
- Munition
- Document
- Soviet
- Fbi
- Luggage
- Semitism
- Punishment
- Ferdinand
- Accused
- Talmud
- Citizenship
- Payment
- Adventurer
- Debt
- Connacht
- Normandy
- Prussian
- Confederacy
- Occupation
- Confederate
- Treasure
- Lacy
- Privilege
- Custody
- Trafficking
- Slave
- Handgun
- Enforcement
- Acre
- Venetian
- Ulster
- Cham
- Kilogram
- Conqueror
- Amnesty
- Seizing
- Offence
- Inventory
- Inheritance
- Propaganda
- Adherent
- Offender
- Armenian
- Jail
Adjective
Verb
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.
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