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
According to the Oxford Dictionary of English, “confiscate” as a verb can have the following definitions:
| 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. |
According to the Oxford Dictionary of English, “confiscate” as an adjective can have the following definitions:
| forfeit | Lost or surrendered as a penalty for wrongdoing. His possessions were declared forfeit. |
| forfeited | Surrendered as a penalty. |
| 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. |
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