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con•fis•cate
Pronunciation: (kon'fu-skāt", kun-fis'kāt), [key]
—v., -cat•ed, -cat•ing,
—adj.
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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.
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adj.
seized.
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