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confiscatory, a.|kənˈfɪskətərɪ|
[f. L. type *confiscātōr-ius, f. confiscātōr-: see prec. and -ory.]
1. Of the nature of, or tending to, confiscation.
a1797Burke Lett. to R. Burke (T.), Those terrible, confiscatory, and exterminatory periods. 1864Realm 30 Mar. 2 The heavy and almost confiscatory tax. 1881Times 21 Apr. 9/3 The indirect, but not less real, confiscatory effect of the provisions for fixing rent.
2. colloq. Robbing under legal authority.
1886Pall Mall G. 30 Sept. 10/1 To the unreasonable, plundering, confiscatory landlords. |