/
ˈkɒnfɪskeɪt/
v.
take or seize (property) with authority.
▸appropriate to the public treasury as a penalty.
Derivative
- confiscation n.
- confiscator n.
- confiscatory adj.
Etymology
C16 (earlier (C15) as confiscation): from L. confiscat-, confiscare ‘put away in a chest, consign to the public treasury’, based on con- ‘together’ + fiscus ‘chest, treasury’.
