My word pool
Wednesday, June 22, 2011
confiscated
–verb
(used
with
object)
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.
–adjective
3.
seized.
"the confiscated liquor was poured down the drain"
"The police confiscated the stolen artwork"
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