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Confiscate
verb
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Word Frequency:
0.4
Definitions
1.
verb
To use one's authority to lay claim to and separate a possession from its holder.
"In schools it is common for teachers to confiscate electronic games and other distractions."
2.
adjective
Confiscated; seized and appropriated by the government for public use; forfeit.
Synonyms
appropriate
arrogate
commandeer
expropriate
requisition
rob
steal
usurp
forfeit
impound
sequester
appropriated
Rhymes With
elucidate
articulate
desolate
facilitate
profligate
explicate
deliberate
delineate
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