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confiscator|ˈkɒnfɪskeɪtə(r)|
[a. L. confiscātor, agent-n. from confiscāre to confiscate: see -or.]
One who confiscates.
1757Burke Abridgm. Eng. Hist. Wks. X. 232 Overrun by publicans, farmers of the taxes, agents, confiscators. 1790― Fr. Rev. Wks. V. 276, I see the confiscators begin with bishops, and chapters, and monasteries; but I do not see them end there. 1845Ld. Campbell Chancellors (1857) I. ii. 47 The confiscator of other men's inheritances. |