Definition of Confiscating

1. Verb. (present participle of confiscate) ¹

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Definition of Confiscating

1. confiscate [v] - See also: confiscate

Lexicographical Neighbors of Confiscating

confirmedness
confirmednesses
confirmee
confirmees
confirmer
confirmers
confirming
confirmingly
confirmities
confirms
confiscable
confiscatable
confiscate
confiscated
confiscates
confiscating
confiscation
confiscations
confiscator
confiscators
confiscatory
confit
confitent
confitents
confiteor
confiteors
confits
confiture
confitures
confix

Literary usage of Confiscating

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Elements of International Law by Henry Wheaton (1866)
"... in asserting the right of confiscating enemy's property, seized before an actual declaration of war ; but a nation which, by the extent of its capital, ..."

2. Public Papers of George Clinton, First Governor of New York, 1777-1795, 1801 by George Clinton, Hugh Hastings, James Austin Holden, New York (State). Governor (1801-1804 : Clinton), New York (State). State Historian (1901)
"... Felony for Arresting Tories and Confiscating. Their Property—Washington Submits the Matter to Clinton. Head Quarters Morris Town Decem'r 13th 1779. Sir. ..."

3. Andersonville: A Story of Rebel Military Prisons, Fifteen Months a Guest of by John McElroy (1879)
"It seemed very likely that there was Confiscating SOFT SOAP. . something there that a loyal Yankee deserved better than a Rebel. ..."

4. Annals of the American Revolution: Or, A Record of the Causes and Events by Jedidiah Morse (1824)
"... he zealously opposed the law for confiscating the elates of the adherents to the British government ; and contended that sound policy required to ..."

5. Labor Turnover, Loyalty and Output: A Consideration of the Trend of the by Fred Herbert Colvin (1919)
"Confiscating INVENTIONS DEMORALIZING The handling of suggestions is a matter ... The practice of some concerns of confiscating every invention of their ..."

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