confiscator

confiscator
noun see confiscate II

New Collegiate Dictionary. 2001.

Игры ⚽ Поможем написать реферат

Look at other dictionaries:

  • Confiscator — Con fis*ca tor, n. [L., a treasurer.] One who confiscates. Burke. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • confiscator — See confiscation. * * * …   Universalium

  • confiscator — noun A person who confiscates …   Wiktionary

  • confiscator — n. one who seizes or confiscates; one who forecloses …   English contemporary dictionary

  • confiscator — con·fis·ca·tor …   English syllables

  • confiscator — ˈkänfə̇ˌskād.ə(r), ātə , archaic kənˈfiˌ noun ( s) Etymology: confiscate (II) + or : one that confiscates …   Useful english dictionary

  • confiscate — I. adjective Etymology: Latin confiscatus, past participle of confiscare to confiscate, from com + fiscus treasury Date: circa 1533 1. appropriated by the government ; forfeited 2. deprived of property by confiscation II. transitive verb ( c …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • confiscate — confiscatable, adj. confiscation, n. confiscator, n. /kon feuh skayt , keuhn fis kayt/, v., confiscated, confiscating, adj. v.t. 1. to seize as forfeited to the public domain; appropriate, by way of penalty, for public use. 2. to seize by or as… …   Universalium

  • Chamak copper plates — The Chamak copper plates are an epigraphic record of the Vakataka (more properly Vākāṭaka) dynasty, documenting a land donation to brāhmaṇas in the reign king Pravarasena II in the fifth century CE. They were found at Chamak, in District Amravati …   Wikipedia

  • Awntyrs off Arthure at the Terne Wathelyne, The — (ca. 1375–1425)    The Awntyrs off Arthure at the Terne Wathelyne, a poem written in MIDDLE ENGLISH, is an important contribution to the ALLITERATIVE REVIVAL. The poem is an Arthurian ROMANCE but, interestingly, does not detail the adventures of… …   Encyclopedia of medieval literature

Share the article and excerpts

Direct link
Do a right-click on the link above
and select “Copy Link”