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incautado

seized

adjective een-kow-TAH-doh Rare
People & Society Law

Also means

confiscated

Usage Note

Incautado is the past-participle adjective of incautar, used in legal and journalistic contexts for goods or assets seized by authorities. It is almost always used in passive constructions: bienes incautados ('seized assets'). Do not confuse with incauto ('naive, incautious'), a false cognate.

Examples

"Los bienes incautados fueron subastados."

Natural Translation

The seized assets were auctioned off.

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