(kənˈfɪskəbəl) or confiscatable (ˌkɒnfɪˈskeɪtəbəl)
adjective
subject or liable to confiscation or seizure
confiscable in American English
(kənˈfɪskəbəl)
adjective
liable to be confiscated
: also ˈconfisˌcatable (ˈkɑnfəˌskeɪtəbəl)
confiscable in American English
(kənˈfɪskəbəl, ˈkɑnfəskəbəl)
adjective
liable to be confiscated
Word origin
[1720–30; confisc(ate) + -able]This word is first recorded in the period 1720–30. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: arrangement, berm, joker, personify, stylus-able is a suffix meaning “capable of, susceptible of, fit for, tending to, given to,”associated in meaning with the word able, occurring in loanwords from Latin (laudable); used in English as a highly productive suffix to form adjectives by addition tostems of any origin (teachable; photographable)