Present participle of an archaic or nonstandard form meaning to seize or confiscate property repeatedly or continuously.
A variant or dialectal form combining 'confisk' with the standard English '-ing' ending for present participles. This appears to be a blend or folk etymology mixing 'confiscate' with 'fisticuff.'
This word likely never appeared in major dictionaries—it's probably a mishearing or dialect variant that shows how ordinary speakers try to regularize language by adding common endings, even if the base word is already archaic.
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