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Confiscate

Seized and appropriated by the government to the public use; forfeited.

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Lost 84% connected

Parted with unwillingly or unintentionally; not to be found; missing; as, a lost book or sheep.

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

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Lost 84% connected

Parted with unwillingly or unintentionally; not to be found; missing; as, a lost book or sheep.

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

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Verb group 2

Sequester 84% connected

To separate from the owner for a time; to take from parties in controversy and put into the possession of an indifferent person; to seize or take pos…

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

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Sequester 84% connected

To separate from the owner for a time; to take from parties in controversy and put into the possession of an indifferent person; to seize or take pos…

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

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Manner of action 4

Condemn 76% connected

To pronounce to be wrong; to disapprove of; to censure.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Distrain 76% connected

To press heavily upon; to bear down upon with violence; hence, to constrain or compel; to bind; to distress, torment, or afflict.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Garnish 76% connected

To decorate with ornamental appendages; to set off; to adorn; to embellish.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Garnishee 76% connected

One who is garnished; a person upon whom garnishment has been served in a suit by a creditor against a debtor, such person holding property belonging…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Broader term 1

Take 76% connected

Taken.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Derivationally related 2

Seizure 74% connected

The act of seizing, or the state of being seized; sudden and violent grasp or gripe; a taking into possession; as, the seizure of a thief, a property…

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Seizure 74% connected

The act of seizing, or the state of being seized; sudden and violent grasp or gripe; a taking into possession; as, the seizure of a thief, a property…

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Synonym 6

Attach 92% connected

To bind, fasten, tie, or connect; to make fast or join; as, to attach one thing to another by a string, by glue, or the like.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Forfeit 92% connected

Injury; wrong; mischief.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Forfeited 92% connected

of Forfeit

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Impound 92% connected

To shut up or place in an inclosure called a pound; hence, to hold in the custody of a court; as, to impound stray cattle; to impound a document for…

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Seize 92% connected

To fall or rush upon suddenly and lay hold of; to gripe or grasp suddenly; to reach and grasp.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Sequester 92% connected

To separate from the owner for a time; to take from parties in controversy and put into the possession of an indifferent person; to seize or take pos…

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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