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confiscate

verb
/ˈkɒnfɪskeɪt/UK/ˈkɑnfəˌskeɪt/US

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin cōnfiscātus, the perfect passive participle of Latin cōnfiscō (“to seize for the public treasury (fiscus)”), see -ate (verb-forming suffix) and -ate (adjective-forming suffix).

  1. derived from cōnfiscō
  2. borrowed from cōnfiscātus

Definitions

  1. To use one's authority to lay claim to and separate a possession from its holder.

    • In schools, it is common for teachers to confiscate electronic games and other distractions.
    • We doe confiscate (Towards the satisfying of your accounts) All that you haue.

  2. Confiscated

    Confiscated; seized and appropriated by the government for public use; forfeit.

    • Therefore give out you are of Epidamnum, / Lest that your goods too soon be confiscate.
    • […] thy lands and goods / Are, by the laws of Venice, confiscate / Unto the state of Venice.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at confiscate. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

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A definitional loop anchored at confiscate. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

10 hops · closes at confiscate

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

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