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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 :   [ gcide ]

  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.
     [1913 Webster]
  
           Lest that your goods too soon be confiscate. --Shak.
     [1913 Webster]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 :   [ gcide ]

  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.
     [1913 Webster]
  
           It was judged that he should be banished and his whole
           estate confiscated and seized.           --Bacon.
     [1913 Webster]

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) 2.0 :   [ 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 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]

From Greek Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-el-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  confiscate
     Αγγλικά vb.
     κατάσχω

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  confiscate
     Italian vb.
     (inflection of it confiscare  2 p pres indc ; 2 p impr)
     Italian part.p.
     (feminine plural of it confiscato)
     Latin vb.
     (inflection of la cōnfiscō  2 p pres actv impr)

From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]

  confiscate
     a.
     (lb en obsolete) Confiscated; seized and appropriated by the
  government for public use; forfeit.
     vb.
     (lb en transitive) To use one's authority to lay claim to and
  separate a possession from its holder.

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]

  confiscate
     Italian vb.
     (inflection of it confiscare  2 p pres indc ; 2 p impr)
     Italian part.p.
     (feminine plural of it confiscato)
     Latin vb.
     (inflection of la cōnfiscō  2 p pres actv impr)

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]

  confiscate
     Italian vb.
     (inflection of it confiscare  2 p pres indc ; 2 p impr)
     Italian part.p.
     (feminine plural of it confiscato)
     Latin vb.
     (inflection of la cōnfiscō  2 p pres actv impr)

From Finnish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-fi-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  confiscate
     Englanti vb.
     takavarikoida, tuomita menetetyksi

From Swedish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-sv-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  confiscate
     Engelska vb.
     konfiskera, beslagta

From English-Arabic FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.6.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ara ]

  Confiscate /kˈɒnfɪskˌeɪt/
  صادر

From English-български език FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-bul ]

  confiscate /kˈɒnfɪskˌeɪt/ 
  конфискувам
  take possession of by authority

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  confiscate /kˈɒnfɪskˌeɪt/ 
  konfiskovat

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  confiscate /kˈɒnfɪskˌeɪt/
  zabavit

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  confiscate /kˈɒnfɪskˌeɪt/
  zabavovat

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  confiscate /kˈɒnfɪskˌeɪt/
  zkonfiskovat

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  confiscate /kˈɒnfɪskˌeɪt/
  enteignet 

From English - Modern Greek XDXF/FreeDict dictionary ver. 0.1.1 :   [ freedict:eng-ell ]

  confiscate /kˈɒnfɪskˌeɪt/
  
  δημεύω, κατάσχω

From English-suomi FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-fin ]

  confiscate /kˈɒnfɪskˌeɪt/ 
  takavarikoida
  take possession of by authority

From English-French FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.6 :   [ freedict:eng-fra ]

  confiscate /kɔnfiskeit/
  confisquer, saisir

From English-Hindi FreeDict Dictionary ver. 1.6 :   [ freedict:eng-hin ]

  confiscate /kˈɒnfɪskˌeɪt/ 
  1. ज़ब्त~करना
        "The police confiscated fake passport and fake currencies from the tourist."

From English-Croatian FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.2.2 :   [ freedict:eng-hrv ]

  confiscate /kˈɒnfɪskˌeɪt/
  konfiscirati, zaplijeniti

From English-Bahasa Indonesia FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-ind ]

  confiscate /kˈɒnfɪskˌeɪt/ 
  menyita
  take possession of by authority

From English-日本語 (にほんご) FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-jpn ]

  confiscate /kˈɒnfɪskˌeɪt/ 
  没収
  take possession of by authority

From English - Polish Piotrowski+Saloni/FreeDict dictionary ver. 0.2 :   [ freedict:eng-pol ]

  confiscate /ˈkɒnfɪskeɪt/ 
    konfiskować (sth from sb - coś od kogoś)

From English-Portuguese FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.3 :   [ freedict:eng-por ]

  confiscate /kɔnfiskeit/
  confiscar

From English-Russian FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.3.1 :   [ freedict:eng-rus ]

  confiscate /kɔnfiskeit/
  наложить арест на

From English-Spanish FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.3.1 :   [ freedict:eng-spa ]

  confiscate /kɔnfiskeit/
  confiscar, embargar

From English-Svenska FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-swe ]

  confiscate /kˈɒnfɪskˌeɪt/ 
  konfiskera
  take possession of by authority

From English-Turkish FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.3 :   [ freedict:eng-tur ]

  confiscate /kˈɒnfɪskˌeɪt/
  1. müsadere etmek
  2. haczetmek
  3. istimlâk etmek, kamulaştırmak. confisca'tion  müsadere, haciz. confis'catory  müsadere ve haciz kabilin(den.)

From IPA:en_US :   [ IPA:en_US ]

  

/ˈkɑnfəˌskeɪt/

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 :   [ moby-thesaurus ]

  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
  
  

From Stardic English-Chinese Dictionary :   [ stardic ]

  v. 没收,充公,查抄;

From XDICT the English-Chinese dictionary :   [ xdict ]

     vt. 没收,充公,查抄
     a. 被没收的

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