confiscate

confiscate is a 10-letter English word with 4 senses as adjective, transitive verb, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: Seized and appropriated by the government to the public use; forfeited. Face value is 17 in Scrabble and 20 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

10 letters · Scrabble 17 · Words With Friends 20 · 4 senses

Definitions

1. adjective. Seized and appropriated by the government to the public use; forfeited.
2. transitive verb. To seize as forfeited to the public treasury; to appropriate to the public use.
3. verb. take temporary possession of as a security, by legal authority

   "The FBI seized the drugs"

   "The customs agents impounded the illegal shipment"

   Synonyms: attach, impound, seize, sequester

4. adjective. surrendered as a penalty

   Synonyms: forfeit, forfeited

Synonyms

attach, impound, seize, sequester, forfeit, forfeited

Common word forms

confiscated, confiscates, confiscating

Words from these letters

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