CONFISCATE

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Meaning:

Surrendered as a penalty

Synonyms:

confiscate; forfeit; forfeited

Classified under:

Adjectives

Similar:

lost (not gained or won)

Present simple: I / you / we / they confiscate ... he / she / it confiscates

Past simple: confiscated

Past participle: confiscated

-ing form: confiscating

Meaning:

Take temporary possession of as a security, by legal authority

Example:

The police confiscated the stolen artwork

Synonyms:

attach; confiscate; impound; seize; sequester

Classified under:

Verbs of buying, selling, owning

Hypernyms (to "confiscate" is one way to...):

take (take into one's possession)

Verb group:

sequester (requisition forcibly, as of enemy property)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "confiscate"):

condemn (appropriate (property) for public use)

garnish; garnishee (take a debtor's wages on legal orders, such as for child support)

distrain (confiscate by distress)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Derivation:

confiscation (seizure by the government)