confiscate
verb (used with object)
to seize as forfeited to the public domain; appropriate, by way of penalty, for public use.
confiscator
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a word derived from
confiscate.
Example Sentences
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This fellow," said the youth, as he lifted the body of a large black eagle from the ground—"This fellow was a confiscator too, and see what he has come to.
From The O'Donoghue Tale Of Ireland Fifty Years Ago by Charles James Lever
