confiscatoryadj.
/kənˈfɪskətəri/ 1. Of the nature of, or tending to, confiscation.
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the mind > possession > taking > seizing > [adjective] > seizing by (public) authority
sequestering1620
confiscating1796
confiscatorya1797
a1797 E. Burke Let. to R. Burke in Corr. (T.) Those terrible, confiscatory, and exterminatory periods.
1864 Realm 30 Mar. 2 The heavy and almost confiscatory tax.
1881 Times 21 Apr. 9/3 The indirect, but not less real, confiscatory effect of the provisions for fixing rent.
2. colloquial. Robbing under legal authority.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > possession > taking > seizing > [adjective] > seizing by (public) authority > seizing arbitrarily or summarily
confiscatory1886
1886 Pall Mall Gaz. 30 Sept. 10/1 To the unreasonable, plundering, confiscatory landlords.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1891; most recently modified version published online March 2019).
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