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We found 28 dictionaries with English definitions that include the word confiscate:
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General dictionaries General (22 matching dictionaries)
  1. confiscate: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language [home, info]
  2. confiscate: Merriam-Webster's Online Dictionary, 11th Edition [home, info]
  3. confiscate: Cambridge International Dictionary of English [home, info]
  4. confiscate: Wiktionary [home, info]
  5. confiscate: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed. [home, info]
  6. confiscate: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus [home, info]
  7. confiscate: Infoplease Dictionary [home, info]
  8. confiscate: Dictionary.com [home, info]
  9. confiscate: Online Etymology Dictionary [home, info]
  10. confiscate: UltraLingua English Dictionary [home, info]
  11. confiscate: Cambridge Dictionary of American English [home, info]
  12. Confiscate: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia [home, info]
  13. Confiscate: Online Plain Text English Dictionary [home, info]
  14. confiscate: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition [home, info]
  15. confiscate: Rhymezone [home, info]
  16. confiscate: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary [home, info]
  17. confiscate: Webster's 1828 Dictionary [home, info]
  18. confiscate: Free Dictionary [home, info]
  19. confiscate: Mnemonic Dictionary [home, info]
  20. confiscate: WordNet 1.7 Vocabulary Helper [home, info]
  21. confiscate: LookWAYup Translating Dictionary/Thesaurus [home, info]
  22. confiscate: Dictionary/thesaurus [home, info]

Business dictionaries Business (5 matching dictionaries)
  1. Confiscate: MoneyGlossary.com [home, info]
  2. confiscate: Law.com Dictionary [home, info]
  3. confiscate: Travel Industry Dictionary [home, info]
  4. confiscate: Glossary of Legal Terms [home, info]
  5. confiscate: Legal dictionary [home, info]

Computing dictionaries Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. confiscate: Encyclopedia [home, info]

Quick definitions (confiscate)

verb:  take temporary possession of as a security, by legal authority ("The police confiscated the stolen artwork")
adjective:  surrendered as a penalty
adjective:  taken without permission or consent especially by public authority ("The confiscated liquor was poured down the drain")

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