CONFISCATE: Synonyms and Related Words. What is Another Word for CONFISCATE?

Need another word that means the same as “confiscate”? Find 16 synonyms and 30 related words for “confiscate” in this overview.

The synonyms of “Confiscate” are: attach, impound, seize, sequester, commandeer, requisition, appropriate, expropriate, take possession of, sequestrate, take away, take over, take, annex, forfeit, forfeited

Confiscate as a Verb

Definitions of "Confiscate" as a verb

According to the Oxford Dictionary of English, “confiscate” as a verb can have the following definitions:

• Take or seize (someone's property) with authority.
• Take temporary possession of as a security, by legal authority.
• Appropriate (something, especially land) to the public treasury as a penalty.

Synonyms of "Confiscate" as a verb (14 Words)

annex	Add or attach as a condition or consequence. The left bank of the Rhine was annexed by France in 1797.
appropriate	Take (something) for one’s own use, typically without the owner’s permission. The accused had appropriated the property.
attach	Cause to be attached. A good deal of prominence attaches to the central union federations.
commandeer	Enlist (someone) to help in a task. He commandeered the men to find a table.
expropriate	Deprive of possessions. Their assets were expropriated by the government.
impound	Place or shut up in a pound. It will impound a reservoir 130 miles long.
requisition	Demand the use or supply of (something) by official order. A stakeholder has requisitioned an extraordinary general meeting.
seize	Seize and take control without authority and possibly with force take as one s right or possession. The mother seized her child by the arm.
sequester	Set apart from others. Non precipitating water softeners use complex phosphates to sequester calcium and magnesium ions.
sequestrate	Take legal possession of (assets) until a debt has been paid or other claims have been met. In November 1956 the property was sequestrated by the authorities.
take	Be designed to hold or take. These type of grafts take much better than other xenografts.
take away	Take somebody somewhere.
take over	Obtain by winning.
take possession of	Take somebody somewhere.

Usage Examples of "Confiscate" as a verb

• The guards confiscated his camera.
• The government confiscated his property early in the war.
• The police confiscated the stolen artwork.

Confiscate as an Adjective

Definitions of "Confiscate" as an adjective

According to the Oxford Dictionary of English, “confiscate” as an adjective can have the following definitions:

• Surrendered as a penalty.

Synonyms of "Confiscate" as an adjective (2 Words)

forfeit	Lost or surrendered as a penalty for wrongdoing. His possessions were declared forfeit.
forfeited	Surrendered as a penalty.

Associations of "Confiscate" (30 Words)

arrogate	Demand as being one’s due or property; assert one’s right or title to. They arrogate to themselves the ability to divine the nation s true interests.
birthright	A right or privilege that you are entitled to at birth. Free public education is the birthright of every American child.
buccaneer	Live like a buccaneer. The marauding buccaneers who used to terrorize the Mediterranean coasts.
commandeer	Officially take possession or control of (something), especially for military purposes. A nearby house had been commandeered by the army.
confiscation	Seizure by the government. A court ordered the confiscation of her property.
depose	Make a deposition; declare under oath. Every affidavit shall state which of the facts deposed to are within the deponent s knowledge.
depredation	An act of plundering and pillaging and marauding. Protecting grain from the depredations of rats and mice.
deprive	Take away. The Archbishop deprived a considerable number of puritan clergymen.
disenfranchise	Deprive (someone) of a right or privilege. A hard core of kids who are disenfranchised and don t feel connected to the school.
encroachment	A gradual advance beyond usual or acceptable limits. Urban encroachment of habitat.
forfeit	The action of forfeiting something. Forfeited property.
forfeited	Surrendered as a penalty.
impound	Lock up (someone. It will impound a reservoir 130 miles long.
impoverish	Exhaust the strength or vitality of. The wars had impoverished him.
interloper	A person who becomes involved in a place or situation where they are not wanted or are considered not to belong. Japanese consumers have in the past been unreceptive to foreign interlopers in the cell phone market.
intrusion	A body of igneous rock which has intruded the surrounding strata. Villagers say the noise is an intrusion on their lives.
kingship	The dignity or rank or position of a king. Edmund assumed kingship of Mercia.
loot	Money. Ten thousand quid is a lot of loot.
piracy	A practice similar to piracy but in other contexts especially hijacking. Air piracy.
plunder	Plunder a town after capture. This writer plundered from famous authors.
raid	Conduct a raid on. T Boone Pickens raided many large companies.
ransack	Search (a place or receptacle) thoroughly, especially in such a way as to cause harm. Burglars ransacked her home.
rapine	The violent seizure of someone’s property. Industrial rapine.
rob	Rip off; ask an unreasonable price. Hughes robbed Vonk yards inside the City half.
seize	Seize and take control without authority and possibly with force take as one s right or possession. The current President seized power in a coup.
steal	Steal a base. He finished with eight points four steals and seven assists.
take	Take into one s possession. He stopped to take a snap.
trespass	Make excessive use of. She is trespassing upon my privacy.
usurp	Seize and take control without authority and possibly with force; take as one’s right or possession. The Hanoverian dynasty had usurped the Stuarts.
usurpation	Wrongfully seizing and holding (an office or powers) by force (especially the seizure of a throne or supreme authority. A succession of generals who ruled by usurpation.