Cŏn’fis-cāte or Cŏn-fis’cāte1, v. t.
(117) (Synop., § 130), v. t. [imp. & p. p. CONFISCATED; p. pr. & vb. n. CONFISCATING.] [Lat. confiscatus, p. p. of confiscare, from con and fiscus, basket, money-bag, the state treasury; It. confiscare, Pr. & Sp. confiscar, Fr. confisquer.] To appropriate, as a penalty, to the public use. [See Note under CONTEMPLATE.]
It was judged that he should be banished and his whole estate confiscated and seized. Bacon.