7 uses
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Definition
to take something regardless of consent — especially by public authority
- Milo was dumbfounded when he stepped down to the ground and found a contingent of armed M.P.s waiting to imprison the German pilots and confiscate their planes.Chapter 24 — Milo (16% in)
- Confiscate!Chapter 24 — Milo (16% in)
- 'Confiscate?' he shrieked, as though he could not believe his own ears.Chapter 24 — Milo (17% in)
- Since when is it the policy of the American government to confiscate the private property of its citizens?Chapter 24 — Milo (17% in)
- Confiscate?Chapter 24 — Milo (18% in)
- How can you possibly confiscate your own private property?Chapter 24 — Milo (18% in)
- Confiscate, indeed!Chapter 24 — Milo (18% in)
There are no more uses of "confiscate" in Catch-22.
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