characterized by, effecting, or resulting in confiscation
Word origin
[1790–1800; confiscate + -ory1]This word is first recorded in the period 1790–1800. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: cutout, ideology, modular, peanut, stereotype-ory an adjective-forming suffix, joined to bases of Latin origin in imitation of borrowedLatin words containing the suffix -tory (and its alternant -sory). Other words that use the affix -ory include: excretory, sensory, statutory
Examples of 'confiscatory' in a sentence
confiscatory
No more stunting growth with confiscatory taxes and miles of red tape.
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Any increase linked to speculative valuations would seem confiscatory, chaotic and unworkable.
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In others there is a recurring temptation to rule by arbitrary edict, inflationary financing, confiscatory policies and big government.
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Its idea of equality is to level everyone down through confiscatory taxes: it sees the profit motive as immoral.
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To tackle this, he proposes among other things a confiscatory global tax on inherited wealth.
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The railways, in spite of their enormous subsidies, cannot compete with motorways, whose users pay confiscatory taxes on their fuel.