a. [f. L. confiscā-re to confiscate + -BLE: also in mod.F.] Liable to confiscation.

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1730–6.  in Bailey (folio).

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1755.  in Johnson.

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1828.  Webster refers to ‘Browne.’

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1880.  W. E. Hall, Internat. Law, 10. In 1785 the United States agreed with Prussia that contraband of war should not be confiscable.

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