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Confiscate

//ˈkɑnfəˌskeɪt// adj, verb

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Confiscated; seized and appropriated by the government for public use; forfeit. not-comparable, obsolete

    "Therefore give out you are of Epidamnum, / Lest that your goods too soon be confiscate."

Adjective
  1. 1
    surrendered as a penalty wordnet
Verb
  1. 1
    To use one's authority to lay claim to and separate a possession from its holder. transitive

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

  2. 2
    take temporary possession of as a security, by legal authority wordnet

Etymology

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Latin cōnfiscātus, the perfect passive participle of Latin cōnfiscō (“to seize for the public treasury (fiscus)”), see -ate (verb-forming suffix) and -ate (adjective-forming suffix).

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Latin cōnfiscātus, the perfect passive participle of Latin cōnfiscō (“to seize for the public treasury (fiscus)”), see -ate (verb-forming suffix) and -ate (adjective-forming suffix).

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