Hypertext Webster Gateway: "confiscate"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Confiscate \Con"fis*cate\ (? or ?), a. [L. confiscatus, p. p. of
confiscare to confiscate, prop., to lay up in a chest; con- +
fiscus basket, purse, treasury. See {Fiscal}.]
Seized and appropriated by the government to the public use;
forfeited.
Lest that your goods too soon be confiscate. --Shak.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Confiscate \Con"fis*cate\ (? or ?; 277), v. t. [imp. & p. p.
{Confiscated}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Confiscating}.]
To seize as forfeited to the public treasury; to appropriate
to the public use.
It was judged that he should be banished and his whole
estate confiscated and seized. --Bacon.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
confiscate
adj 1: surrendered as a penalty [syn: {forfeit}, {forfeited}]
2: taken without permission or consent especially by public
authority; "the condemned land was used for a highway
cloverleaf"; "the confiscated liquor was poured down the
drain [syn: {appropriated}, {condemned}, {confiscated}, {seized},
{taken over}]
v : take by legal authority; "The FBI seized the drugs"; "The
customs agents impounded the illegal shipment"; "The
police confiscated the stolen artwork" [syn: {impound}, {attach},
{sequester}, {seize}]
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