0 present participle of confiscate
1 to take a possession away from someone when you have the right to do so, usually as a punishment and often for a limited period, after which it is returned to the owner:
Confiscating and reading through his manuscripts, the agents decided to send him to a prison psychiatrist.
The army, in its punitive mission, was accused by parliamentarians from the region of confiscating thousands of cattle, which were then sold in local markets.
At the same time, the authorities started to crack down on amateur bands, breaking up concerts and confiscating equipment.
In each case, colonial forces succeeded relatively quickly in establishing military supremacy over the chief's territory, and in confiscating large numbers of cattle belonging to the rebellious chiefdom.
Excluding harvesters involuntarily will be interpreted as confiscating prescriptive property rights, rights actually or perceived to have been acquired by active engagement in the fishery for a number of years.
That is the equivalent of confiscating from pension funds and other tax-free funds more than the windfall tax each and every year.
We are actively helping regional and international efforts aimed at interdicting drug smuggling, pursuing drug traffickers and confiscating their assets.
That is no reason for confiscating a large part of the future development value of land which is already in the hands of the universities.
