confiscate

Meaning

Verb

To use one's authority to lay claim to and separate a possession from its holder.

Adj

Confiscated; seized and appropriated by the government for public use; forfeit.

Synonyms

seize

impound

expropriate

sequester

forfeit

attach

sequestrate

take away

distrain

dispossess

snatch

confiscation

deprive

clutch

appropriate

carry off

apprehend

confiscated

foreclose

forfeited

grab

requisition

rob

seizure

usurp

fleece

dispossess of

foreclosure

despoil

sieze

garnishee

get

take charge of

grapple

grasp

grip

hit

copy

keep

nab

notice

occupy

perceive

pick up

pillage

take away from

retain

despoil of

run across

run up against

Translations

confisquer

confiscar

confiscare

konfiszieren

confisqueren

beschlagnahmen

confiscar

saisir

sequestrare

κατάσχω

confiscar

verbeurd verklaren

in beslag nemen

incautar

incamerare

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin cōnfiscātus, the perfect passive participle of Latin cōnfiscō (“to seize for the public treasury (fiscus)”), see -ate (verb-forming suffix) and -ate (adjective-forming suffix).