Hyphenation of confiscate

Wondering how to hyphenate the English word confiscate? This word can be hyphenated and contains 3 syllables as shown below.

con-fis-cate

Definitions of confiscate:

1.	Take temporary possession of as a security, by legal authority The FBI seized the drugs The customs agents impounded the illegal shipment The police confiscated the stolen artwork
2.	Surrendered as a penalty

Synonyms of confiscate:

adj	forfeit, forfeited, lost
adj	appropriated, condemned, confiscated, seized, taken over, taken
verb	impound, attach, sequester, seize, take

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Hyphenator

The hyphen is a punctuation mark used to join words and to separate syllables of a single word. The use of hyphens is called hyphenation. The hyphen should not be confused with dashes, which are longer and have different uses, or with the minus sign, which is also longer in some contexts. Some words can be hyphenated in different places and you can use this website to find out where. Also reffered to as syllable counter and divider.