Confiscated

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Confiscate \Con"fis*cate\ (? or ?; 277), v. t. [imp. & p. p.
     {Confiscated}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Confiscating}.]
     To seize as forfeited to the public treasury; to appropriate
     to the public use.
     [1913 Webster]
  


           It was judged that he should be banished and his whole
           estate confiscated and seized.           --Bacon.
     [1913 Webster]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  confiscated \confiscated\ adj.
     taken without permission or consent, especially by or as if
     by a public authority; as, the confiscated liquor was poured
     down the drain; teh customs agents confiscated the banned
     fruits.
  
     Syn: appropriated, confiscate, seized, taken over.
          [WordNet 1.5]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  confiscated
       adj : taken without permission or consent especially by public
             authority; "the condemned land was used for a highway
             cloverleaf"; "the confiscated liquor was poured down
             the drain" [syn: {appropriated}, {condemned}, {confiscate},
              {seized}, {taken over}]