confiscate

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confiscate Definition

• (s) surrendered as a penalty
• (s) 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"
• (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"

confiscate Synonyms

• appropriated
• attach
• condemned
• confiscate
• confiscated
• forfeit
• forfeited
• impound
• seize
• seized
• sequester
• taken over