confiscate

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Since the rich do not have enough money to confiscate, and the Chinese may not be inclined to provide debt financing, it is likely that it will be necessary to print money.

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  1. transitive verb To seize (private property) for the public treasury.
  2. transitive verb To seize by or as if by authority. See Synonyms at appropriate.
  3. adjective Seized by a government; appropriated.
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  • I think therefore, with great submission to the court, that the right for which I contended, that is, that in common wars between independent nations, either of the contending parties has a right to confiscate or remit debts due by its people to the enemy, is not shaken by the customary law of nations, as far as it regards us, because the custom could not affect us. —  Sketches of the Life and Character of Patrick Henry
  • In other words, the confiscation had nothing to do with the intended prosecution and the power to confiscate was accordingly used for a purpose not authorised by the statute.
  • Even if the government were to confiscate (steal) every penny made by those who earn $250,000 and above, it would only meet one-third of the goal. —  BMI Headlines
  • By a continuing process of inflation governments can confiscate, secretly and unobserved, an important part of the wealth of their citizens. —  Original Signal - Transmitting Digg
  • This search & confiscate is shocking, but then so were the other restrictions when they first came in. —  Liblogs.ca latest blog entries
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confiscate:   confiscating ·  confiscated
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Etymologies (3)

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  1. Latin cōnfiscāre, cōnfiscāt : com-, com- + fiscus, treasury.

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  1. from Latin confiscatus, past participle of confiscare (later F. confisquer (later D. konfiskcren = German confisciren = Danish konfiskere = Swedish konfiskera) =Provencal Spanish Portuguese confiscar = Italian confiscare), lay up in a chest, seize upon for the public treasury, confiscate, from com-, together, + fiscus, a wicker basket, a basket for money, a purse, the public treasury: see fiscal. Cf. confisk.
  2. from Latin confiscatus, past participle: see the verb.
 

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/kənˈfɪskeɪt/
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