Definition of "confiscate" []

• To seize (private property) for the public treasury. (verb-transitive)
• To seize by or as if by authority. See Synonyms at appropriate. (verb-transitive)
• Seized by a government; appropriated. (adjective)
• Having lost property through confiscation. (adjective)

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• "I believe the unproductive have no right to confiscate from the productive."
• "But Jesus never told people to confiscate from the rich and give to the poor, Robin Hood style."
• "That is why he is trying to spend every dollar he can confiscate from the American people."