Category:Confiscate

Con"fis*cate ( or, a. Etym: [L. confiscatus, p.p. of confiscare to confiscate, prop., to lay up in a chest; con- + fiscus basket, purse, treasury. See Fiscal.]

Defn: Seized and appropriated by the government to the public use; forfeited. Lest that your goods too soon be confiscate. Shak.

confiscate Con"fis*cate ( or, v. t. [imp & p. p. Confiscated; p.pr & vb. n. Confiscating.]

Defn: 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.