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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024con•fis•cate /ˈkɑnfəˌskeɪt/USA pronunciation v. [~ + object], -cat•ed, -cat•ing. - to seize (something) by legal authority:I thought the soldiers would confiscate our camera, but they let us keep it.
con•fis•ca•tion /ˌkɑnfəˈskeɪʃən/USA pronunciation n. [uncountable]con•fis•ca•tor, n. [countable] WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024con•fis•cate (kon′fə skāt′, kən fis′kāt),USA pronunciation v., -cat•ed, -cat•ing, adj. v.t. - to seize as forfeited to the public domain;
appropriate, by way of penalty, for public use. - to seize by or as if by authority;
appropriate summarily:The border guards confiscated our movie cameras.
adj. - seized.
- Latin confiscātus (past participle of confiscāre to seize for the public treasury), equivalent. to con- con- + fisc(us) basket, moneybag, public treasury (see fiscal) + -ātus -ate1
- 1525–35
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