01 a. Seized and appropriated by the government to the public use; forfeited.
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Seized and appropriated by the government to the public use; forfeited.“Lest that your goods too soon be confiscate.” — Shak.
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2 senses · 2 variants
Webster, 1913
Confiscate
02 v. t. To seize as forfeited to the public treasury; to appropriate to the public use.
imp. & p. p.
Confiscated; p. pr. & vb. n.
Confiscating
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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.