δημ-εύω · dēm-euō — LSJ
seize as public property, confiscate
seize as public property, esp. of a citizenʼs goods, confiscate, Th. 5.60, And. 1.51; πολλὰ δ. διὰ τῶν δικαστηρίων Arist. Pol. 1320a5: abs., D. 8.69,71:—Pass., τὰ δημευόμενα Arist. Ath. 43.4; τῶν ἐκ προνοίας δεδήμευται τὰ ὄντα D. 23.45; later of persons, ἐδημεύθη τὴν οὐσίαν Philostr. VS 2.1.2; δημευθήσεσθαι Hdn. 2.14.3.
II make public, is in the hands of the people, to be published
generally, make public, δεδήμευται κράτος the power is in the hands of the people, E. Cyc. 119:—Pass., also, to be published, Pl. Phlb. 14d, 14e.
III vulgarized, hackneyed
δεδημευμένα ὀνόματα vulgarized, hackneyed words, Ammon. in Int. 66.3.
IV
= ἐνδημέω, and also, = δημαγωγέω, Hsch.