Con"fis*cate (? or ?), a. [L.
confiscatus, p. p. of confiscare to confiscate,
prop., to lay up in a chest; con- + fiscus basket,
purse, treasury. See Fiscal.] Seized and appropriated
by the government to the public use; forfeited.
Lest that your goods too soon be
confiscate.
Shak.
Con"fis*cate (? or ?; 277), v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Confiscated; p.
pr. & vb. n. Confiscating.] To seize as
forfeited to the public treasury; to appropriate to the public
use.
It was judged that he should be banished and his
whole estate confiscated and seized.
Bacon.