Confiscate
Seized and appropriated by the government to the public use; forfeited.
To seize as forfeited to the public treasury; to appropriate to the public use.
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Confiscate Quotations
The best way to destroy the capitalist system is to debauch the currency. By a continuing process of inflation, governments can confiscate, secretly and unobserved, an important part of the wealth of their citizens.
John Maynard Keynes
By a continuing process of inflation, government can confiscate, secretly and unobserved, an important part of the wealth of their citizens.
John Maynard Keynes
CBS started to confiscate our packages and mail as a safety procedure. A lot of packages that people send for the holidays and to our kids we can't open. A lot of times they are from overseas. It's very upsetting at times.
Hunter Tylo
Confiscate Translations
confiscate in Dutch is confisqueren, in beslag nemen
confiscate in French is confisquer, confisquent, confisquez, confisquons
confiscate in German is beschlagnahmen
confiscate in Italian is confiscare
confiscate in Spanish is confiscar, embargar
confiscate in Swedish is beslagta, konfiskera
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