— confiscatable , adj. — confiscation , n. — confiscator , n.
/kon"feuh skayt', keuhn fis"kayt/ , v. , confiscated, confiscating , adj.
v.t.
1. to seize as forfeited to the public domain; appropriate, by way of penalty, for public use.
2. to seize by or as if by authority; appropriate summarily: The border guards confiscated our movie cameras.
adj.
3. seized.
[ 1525-35; confiscatus (ptp. of confiscare to seize for the public treasury), equiv. to con- CON- + fisc ( us ) basket, moneybag, public treasury (see FISCAL) + -atus -ATE 1 ]