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Definition
to take something regardless of consent — especially by public authority
- They searched for and confiscated anything and everything connected to John Wilkes Booth, including documents unconnected to the assassination.p. 141.4
- The theater itself was "arrested," ordered closed, and was eventually confiscated from the Fords.p. 135.6
There are no more uses of "confiscate" in Chasing Lincoln's Killer.
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