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Confiscatory

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con·fis·cate  (knf-skt)
tr.v. con·fis·cat·ed, con·fis·cat·ing, con·fis·cates
1. To seize (private property) for the public treasury.
2. To seize by or as if by authority. See Synonyms at appropriate.
adj. (knf-skt, kn-fskt)
1. Seized by a government; appropriated.
2. Having lost property through confiscation.
[Latin cnfiscre, cnfisct : com-, com- + fiscus, treasury.]
confis·cation n.
confis·cator n.
con·fisca·tory (kn-fsk-tôr, -tr) adj.


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