confiscate

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Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary
confiscate (adjective)
1.
appropriated by the government - forfeited
2.
deprived of property by - confiscation
confiscate (verb)
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, sequester
RELATED WORDS:
garnishee; appropriate, arrogate, preempt, usurp; commandeer, seize, take over
NEAR ANTONYMS:
cede, deliver, forfeit, give up, hand over, release, relinquish, render, surrender, turn over, yield
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