Dictionary entry

Confiscate

Webster's Dictionary 1913

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.