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Word: Confiscate
Speech Type: Verb
Etymology:
mid 16th century: from Latin confiscat- ‘put away in a chest, consigned to the public treasury’, from the verb confiscare, based on con- ‘together’ + fiscus ‘chest, treasury’
Audio Pronunciation:
Phonetic Spelling:
ˈkɒnfɪskeɪt
Dialects: British English
Definition:
take or seize (someone's property) with authority
Short Definition:take or seize someone's property with authority
Examples:- the guards confiscated his camera
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