[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

confiscate \con"fiscate\ ? 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.
   1913 webster

         lest that your goods too soon be confiscate. --shak.
   1913 webster
see also:
fiscal 

[2] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

confiscate \con"fiscate\ ? 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.
   1913 webster

         it was judged that he should be banished and his whole
         estate confiscated and seized.           --bacon.
   1913 webster
see also:
confiscated confiscating 

[3] : WordNet (r) 2.0

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 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" syn: impound, attach,
          sequester, seize
see also:
forfeit forfeited appropriated condemned confiscated seized 
taken over impound attach sequester seize 

[4] : Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

26 moby thesaurus words for "confiscate":
   accroach, annex, appropriate, arrogate, attach, collectivize,
   commandeer, communalize, communize, distrain, expropriate, garnish,
   impound, impress, levy, nationalize, preempt, press, replevin,
   replevy, seize, sequester, sequestrate, socialize, take,
   take away

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