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CONFISCATE
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I. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Surrendered as a penalty
Synonyms:
confiscate; forfeit; forfeited
Classified under:
Similar:
lost (not gained or won)
II. (verb)
Verb forms
Present simple: I / you / we / they confiscate ... he / she / it confiscates
Past simple: confiscated
Past participle: confiscated
-ing form: confiscating
Sense 1
Meaning:
Take temporary possession of as a security, by legal authority
Example:
The police confiscated the stolen artwork
Synonyms:
attach; confiscate; impound; seize; sequester
Classified under:
Verbs of buying, selling, owning
Hypernyms (to "confiscate" is one way to...):
take (take into one's possession)
Verb group:
sequester (requisition forcibly, as of enemy property)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "confiscate"):
condemn (appropriate (property) for public use)
garnish; garnishee (take a debtor's wages on legal orders, such as for child support)
distrain (confiscate by distress)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Derivation:
confiscation (seizure by the government)
