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confiscate

Best crossword clue

"Seize officially"

10 letters · collected on this word page

10 lettersPronunciation /ˈkɒnfɪskeɪt/Part of speech adjective, verbSorted accefinostStarts with CEnds with E1 cluesCommon crossword word
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Definitions

  1. surrendered as a penalty

Word origin

Borrowed from Latin cōnfiscātus, the perfect passive participle of Latin cōnfiscō (“to seize for the public treasury (fiscus)”), see -ate (verb-forming suffix) and -ate (adjective-forming suffix).

Used in a sentence

  • In schools, it is common for teachers to confiscate electronic games and other distractions.
  • We doe confiscate (Towards the satisfying of your accounts) All that you haue.
  • Why, your cavalier is a rebel—an exile, whose property is confiscated, and for whose neck the gibbet stands prepared!

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