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confiscateconfiscate /ˈkɑnfəˌskeɪt/ verb [transitive] ETYMOLOGYconfiscateOrigin: 1500-1600 Latin, past participle of confiscare, from com- ( ➔ COM-) + fiscus ( ➔ FISCAL) VERB TABLEconfiscate |
Present | I, you, we, they | confiscate | | he, she, it | confiscates | Past | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | confiscated | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have confiscated | | he, she, it | has confiscated | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had confiscated | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will confiscate | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have confiscated |
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Present | I | am confiscating | | he, she, it | is confiscating | | you, we, they | are confiscating | Past | I, he, she, it | was confiscating | | you, we, they | were confiscating | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have been confiscating | | he, she, it | has been confiscating | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had been confiscating | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will be confiscating | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have been confiscating |
to officially take someone’s property away from him or her, usually as a punishment: An increasing number of guns have been confiscated recently.—confiscation /ˌkɑnfəˈskeɪʃən/ noun [countable, uncountable]: the confiscation of private property—confiscatory /kənˈfɪskəˌtɔri/ adjective |