The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 5 letter word SEIZE , but the solution may also be TAKE which is one of the most recent solution (2024 in LA Times).
Confiscate crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
---|---|---|
SEIZE | 70 % | 5 |
TAKE | 20 % | 4 |
ESCHEAT | 7 % | 7 |
USURP | 3 % | 5 |
Why may TAKE be the right solution?
The word "confiscate" means to seize or take possession of something. The answer "TAKE" fits this clue perfectly as it is a synonym for confiscate.
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Confiscate
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- forfeit
- impound
- sequester
- appropriated
- seize
- condemned
- lost
- taken
- attach
- forfeited
- seized
- taken over
Crossword Answer definitions
SEIZE verb- To deliberately take hold of; to grab or capture.
- To take advantage of (an opportunity or circumstance).
- To take possession of (by force, law etc.).
- To have a sudden and powerful effect upon.
- To bind, lash or make fast, with several turns of small rope, cord, or small line.
- To fasten, fix.
- To lay hold in seizure, by hands or claws (+ on or upon).
- To have a seizure.
- To bind or lock in position immovably; see also seize up.
- To submit for consideration to a deliberative body.
- (with of) To cause (an action or matter) to be or remain before (a certain judge or court).
More crossword clues leading to the same solutions
Here's a few more crossword clues - all leading to the identical solution
More clues leading to the result SEIZE
- Take forcibly
- Afflict suddenly
- Grab
- Grasp forcibly
- Capture
- Apprehend
- Appropriate
- Take by force
- Confiscate
- Take control of
More clues leading to the result TAKE
- On the ____ (accepting bribes)
- Gate receipts
- Give's partner
- Ingest, as medicine
- "____this Job and Shove It"
- "___my wife. Please."
- Accept
- Accept uncomplainingly
- Pickings
- On the __ (accepting bribes)
More clues leading to the result ESCHEAT
- Confiscate, in law
- Reversion of property to the state
- Confiscate, legally
- Legal right to property
- Reversion of property
- Reversion of property to state.
- Revert to the state, as property.
- Forfeit through failure of heirs.
- Confiscate
- Cause to lapse