confiscated

con-fis-cat-ed · verb

imported

Definitions

verb

  1. 1.

    Past tense and past participle of confiscate; seized by authority.

  2. 2.

    Took possession of property as a penalty or for legal reasons.

Related words

Antonyms: released, restored, returned
See also: confiscate, impound, seizure
Synonyms: appropriated, commandeered, impounded, seized

Etymology

From Latin confiscare ("to seize for the public treasury"), from con- ("together") + fiscus ("treasury, basket"). Originally referred to seizing property for the state.