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Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary
confiscate (adjective)1.
appropriated by the government - forfeited
2.
deprived of property by - confiscation
transitive verb
1.
to seize as forfeited to the public treasury
2.
to seize by or as if by authority
Merriam-Webster Online Thesaurus
confiscate (verb)to take ownership or control of (something) by right of one's authority
SYNONYMS:
attach, expropriate, sequesterRELATED WORDS:
garnishee; appropriate, arrogate, preempt, usurp; commandeer, seize, take overNEAR ANTONYMS:
cede, deliver, forfeit, give up, hand over, release, relinquish, render, surrender, turn over, yield