Pronunciation: ' kän-f ə - ˌ sk ā t
Function: transitive verb
Inflected Form: -cat · ed ; -cat · ing
Date: 1552
1 : to seize as forfeited to the public treasury
2 : to seize by or as if by authority
– con · fis · ca · tion \ ˌ kän-f ə - ' sk ā -sh ə n \ noun
– con · fis · ca · tor \ ' kän-f ə - ˌ sk ā -t ə r \ noun
– con · fis · ca · to · ry \ k ə n- ' fis-k ə - ˌ to ̇ r- ē \ adjective