The Collaborative International Dictionary
Confiscatory \Con*fis"ca*to*ry\, a.
Effecting confiscation; characterized by confiscations.
``Confiscatory and exterminatory periods.''
--Burke.
Wiktionary
a. Using confiscation
Usage examples of "confiscatory".
Under the impact of the Confiscatory taxes many people had managed to emigrate with their funds to economically sunnier lands, just as the socialist government in England had driven many private fortunes to Bermuda and elsewhere.
Instead, using a not inconsiderable chunk of the pay the Mobile Infantry received that, despite confiscatory taxes, they never quite managed to spend, he had brought the ring on the theory that the girl could trade that to keep alive in the event he never returned.
It's true I'm in the market, it's the only way to outwit these confiscatory taxes nowadays - but I'm not the Vegas type of gambler.
These people make the laws that define our lives, and they decide how to spend the money collected by a confiscatory tax system.
Putting it in simple terms, our tax system is beyond punitive and beyond confiscatory.