Definitions for confIscate
ˈkɒn fəˌskeɪt, kənˈfɪs keɪtcon·fis·cate

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:1.0 / 2 votes

1. confiscate, forfeit, forfeitedverb

   surrendered as a penalty

2. impound, attach, sequester, confiscate, seizeverb

   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"

WiktionaryRate this definition:5.0 / 1 vote

1. confiscateverb

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

   In schools it is common for teachers to confiscate electronic games and other distractions.

2. Etymology: From Latin confiscare ("to declare property of the fisc").

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Confiscateadjective

   Transferred to the publick as forfeit.

   Etymology: from the verb.

   Thy lands and goods
   Are, by the laws of Venice, confiscate
   Unto the state of Venice. William Shakespeare, Merchant of Venice.

2. To CONFISCATEverb

   Etymology: confiscare, confisquer, i. e. in publicum addicere, from fiscus, which originally signifieth a hamper, pannier, basket, or freil; but metonymically the emperor’s treasure, because it was anciently kept in such hampers. Cowel.

   To transfer private property to the prince or publick, by way of penalty for an offence.

   It was judged that he should be banished, and his whole estate confiscated and seized, and his houses pulled down. Francis Bacon.

   Whatever fish the vulgar fry excel,
   Belong to Cæsar, wheresoe’er they swim,
   By their own worth confiscated to him. John Dryden, Juv. Sat. iv.

WikipediaRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. confiscate

   Confiscation (from the Latin confiscatio "to consign to the fiscus, i.e. transfer to the treasury") is a legal form of seizure by a government or other public authority. The word is also used, popularly, of spoliation under legal forms, or of any seizure of property as punishment or in enforcement of the law.

ChatGPTRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. confiscate

   To confiscate means to seize or take away someone's property, goods or assets as a penalty, often resulting from a violation of law or rules. This action is typically executed by an authority or government.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Confiscateadjective

   seized and appropriated by the government to the public use; forfeited

2. Confiscate

   to seize as forfeited to the public treasury; to appropriate to the public use

3. Etymology: [L. confiscatus, p. p. of confiscare to confiscate, prop., to lay up in a chest; con- + fiscus basket, purse, treasury. See Fiscal.]

Chambers 20th Century DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Confiscate

   kon′fis-kāt, or kon-fis′-, v.t. to appropriate to the state, as a penalty: to take possession of.—adj. forfeited to the public treasury.—adjs. Confis′cable, Confis′catory, of the nature of confiscation.—ns. Confiscā′tion, the act of confiscating; Con′fiscātor, one who confiscates. [L. confiscāre, -ātum—con, together, fiscus, a basket.]

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How to say confIscate in sign language?

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of confIscate in Chaldean Numerology is: 4

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of confIscate in Pythagorean Numerology is: 5

Examples of confIscate in a Sentence

1. Chris Barsotti:

   They're going to think this is another political approach to make it difficult to access guns or potentially confiscate guns or create barriers to access.

2. Mick Zais:

   The Commission will not be looking at ways to confiscate those weapons or abrogate the second amendment, but what we will be doing is looking at specific age limits for the purchase of specific kinds of weapons.

3. Zhang Xiaoming:

   After the agreements are made, China will share intelligence with the U.S. and Australia, which will also offer information to their enforcement agencies to conduct further investigations, once law enforcement officers in the U.S. and Australia identify illegal funds, they will immediately initiate judicial procedures to freeze and confiscate those criminal proceeds in their countries.

4. John Maynard Keynes:

   The best way to destroy the capitalist system is to debauch the currency. By a continuing process of inflation governments can confiscate, secretly and unobserved, an important part of the wealth of their citizens.

5. Bari Abdelatif:

   Sometimes they follow the woman home and detain her father, or they confiscate her ID and tell her to come back with her father to pick it up.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=confIscate
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Confiscate
3. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=confIscate
4. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Confiscate
5. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
6. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/confIscate
7. ^ Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/37683/37683-h/37683-h.htm#:~:text=confIscate
8. ^ Usage in printed sources
   https://books.google.com/ngrams/graph?content=confIscate