Confiscate ( or , a.
Etymology: [L. confiscatus, p.p. of confiscare to confiscate, prop., to lay up in a chest; con- + fiscus basket, purse, treasury. See Fiscal.]
Seized and appropriated by the government to the public use; forfeited. Lest that your goods too soon be confiscate. Shak.
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Confiscate ( or , 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. It was judged that he should be banished and his whole estate confiscated and seized. Bacon.
Shades of meaning
Fernald lists confiscate only as an antonym, under allot.
He lists it without comment; the entries above explain its neighbors.
Synonyms
none given