"reconfiscate" meaning in All languages combined

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Verb [English]

Forms: reconfiscates [present, singular, third-person], reconfiscating [participle, present], reconfiscated [participle, past], reconfiscated [past]
Etymology: From re- + confiscate. Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|re|confiscate}} re- + confiscate Head templates: {{en-verb}} reconfiscate (third-person singular simple present reconfiscates, present participle reconfiscating, simple past and past participle reconfiscated)
  1. To confiscate again.

Inflected forms

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