1. relating to or involving the seizure of property by the government, especially without fair compensation
Usage: often used in legal and political contexts
2. so high or excessive as to amount to taking away someone's property or earnings unfairly
Usage: commonly applied to taxes or fees

Examples

• The government's confiscatory policies angered business owners who lost their land without compensation.
• Critics argued that the new tax rate was confiscatory and would discourage investment.
• The confiscatory measures taken during the war included seizing private homes for military use.
• Some economists warn that confiscatory taxation can drive wealthy individuals to relocate.
• The regime's confiscatory decrees stripped citizens of their property rights.
• A confiscatory fine of that magnitude would bankrupt most small companies.