Verb (used with object) : The border guards confiscated our movie cameras. From Dictionary.com.
A short time before, a chemist from Cork, who had been appointed sub-confiscator, and desired to secure his own position, had heavily cut down the Fitzgerald rents. From Wordnik.com. [The Reminiscences of an Irish Land Agent] Reference
It seems that daily our government takes on an ever greater role as confiscator of property in the form of taxation to redistribute to its many programs, and we all become more dependent. From Wordnik.com. [Legal Plunder: Taxes, Foreclosure Rescue and Obama] Reference
Se-ques-tra-tor, one who deprives a man of property, a confiscator. From Wordnik.com. [The Scholar's Spelling Assistant; Wherein the Words Are Arranged on an Improved Plan, According to Their Respective Principles of Accentuation. In a Manner Calculated to Familiarize the Art of Spelling and Pronunciation, to Remove Difficulties, and to Facilitate General Improvement Intended for the Use of Schools and Private Tuition] Reference
Our fears must have been prophetic, for on that same evening the wildwood discharged upon us Milly's preordained confiscator -- our fee to adjustment and order. From Wordnik.com. [The Four Million] Reference
The corn-chip confiscator was created by the great animator Tex Avery, and voiced by Warner Bros 'ubiquitous Mel Blanc, and Frito-Lay was initially taken aback by the protests that mounted in the 1970s. From Wordnik.com. [Slashfood] Reference
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