| a. | 1. | Seized and appropriated by the government to the public use; forfeited. |
| v. t. | 1. | To seize as forfeited to the public treasury; to appropriate to the public use. |
| Verb | 1. | confiscate - take temporary possession of as a security, by legal authority; "The FBI seized the drugs"; "The customs agents impounded the illegal shipment"; "The police confiscated the stolen artwork" |
| Adj. | 1. | confiscate - surrendered as a penalty |
| 2. | confiscate - taken without permission or consent especially by public authority; "the condemned land was used for a highway cloverleaf"; "the confiscated liquor was poured down the drain" |