Bible Dictionaries
Confiscate

Webster's Dictionary

(1):

(v. t.) To seize as forfeited to the public treasury; to appropriate to the public use.

(2):

(a.) Seized and appropriated by the government to the public use; forfeited.

Bibliography Information
Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Confiscate'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​web/​c/confiscate.html. 1828.