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confiscate

verb

1 confiscate

Take temporary possession of as a security, by legal authority:
— The police confiscated the stolen artwork.

synonyms: attach, impound, seize, sequester.

Roget 971: condemn, convict, cast, bring home to, find guilty, damn, doom, sign the death warrant, sentence, pass sentence on, attaint, confiscate, proscribe, sequestrate; ... show more

Roget 974: fine, mulct, amerce, sconce, confiscate; sequestrate, sequester; escheat [Law]; estreat, forfeit.   

Roget 789: take, catch, hook, nab, bag, sack, pocket, put into one's pocket; receive; accept.    reap, crop, cull, ... show more

Dutch: confisqueren

adjective

1 confiscate

Surrendered as a penalty.

synonyms: forfeit, forfeited.


Moby thesaurus: accroach, annex, appropriate, arrogate, attach, collectivize, commandeer, communalize, communize, distrain, expropriate, garnish, impound, impress, levy, nationalize, preempt, press, replevin, replevy ... show more.

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