Confiscate - "To seize by or as if by authority OR to appropriate, by way of penalty, for public use.” From the Latin verb confiscare meaning “to deposit in a bank”, which itself comes from the Latin prefix con- or com- meaning “with, together” and the Latin noun fiscus meaning “wicker basket, money box, state treasury.” (All information is from
www.wikipedia.org,
www.etymonline.com and/or
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RELATED WORDS/PHRASES – fiscal
Sample sentence –
“The teacher confiscated the student’s iPhone when she saw him using it to text his friend answers to the test.”
GUESS THE APHORISM: He who hesitates... (scroll for answer)
A: Is lost.