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Definition of Confiscates
1. confiscate [v] - See also: confiscate
Lexicographical Neighbors of Confiscates
Literary usage of Confiscates
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. What is Contraband of War, and what is Not. Comprising All the American and by Joseph Moseley (1861)
"Contraband confiscates innocent Goods of the same Owner. ... RULE — Contraband
confiscates all of the same bulk and of the same owner. ..."
2. Public Papers of George Clinton, First Governor of New York, 1777-1795, 1801 by George Clinton, New York (State). Governor, 1801-1804 (George Clinton), Hugh Hastings, James Austin Holden, New York (State). State Historian (1900)
"[To Gen. Parsons.] [No. 1190.] MANIFOLD ANNOYANCES. Colonel Hughes confiscates
Iron Material From a Patriot Who Had Denied Possession. Col. ..."
3. The Rise and Fall of the Confederate Government by Jefferson Davis (1881)
"Another Feature of the Act.—confiscates Property within Reach.— Procedure against
Persons.—Held us as Enemies and Traitors.—Attacked us with the Instruments ..."
4. Exodus of the Western Nations by William Coutts Keppel Albemarle (1865)
"He confiscates Colonial Charters—Accession of William and Mary—Political Temper
of Carolina : of Virginia: of Maryland: of Pennsylvania: of New ..."
5. History of the City of Rome in the Middle Ages by Ferdinand Gregorovius, Annie Hamilton (1902)
"LEO THE ISAURIAN SENDS A FLEET AGAINST ITALY — HE confiscates PROPERTY BELONGING
TO THE ROMAN CHURCH — THE POPE ACQUIRES GALLESE — ENTERS INTO ALLIANCE WITH ..."
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