confiscation
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5.4
- noun
- /ˌkɒnfɪˈskeɪʃən/
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confiscación
- First, there is an elaborate set of rights guarantees that extends to the confiscation of property.
- confiscation of property
- land confiscation
- punitive confiscation
And it does lead to death, violence, the confiscation of property.
- And it does lead to death, violence, the confiscation of property.
- My QC didn't know confiscation, my solicitor didn't know.
- By that squad, every single penny they've taken of people in terms of confiscation orders, take the system down.
Examples
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The government announced the confiscation of illegal weapons from the arms dealer.
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Local and state agency confiscations in the United States also increased steadily over the decade.
Academic text (1992) -
Went out, in fact, and helped in the confiscation of property -from the Jews.
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And it's two steps away from confiscation.
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Nevertheless, the money may be raised by the confiscation of Jewish wealth and property.
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After this, we were put in poverty by the confiscation of our sheep and horses.
Academic text (1998) -
Being Southerners, they were afraid of confiscation.
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In the case of the Steve Jackson Raid, it ended in the confiscation of their computers, and a minor uproar in the alternative scene.
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The main mechanism for reducing and shrinking the Arab space was land confiscation.
Academic text (2006) -
The massive expulsion of Egyptian Jewry began with the total confiscation of Jewish wealth.
Academic text (2013)
Synonyms
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6.1
Taking property by force or by a court order
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8.0
Losing property, such as money or a house, as a penalty for doing something wrong
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8.2
A legal loss of land, property or other things someone owns
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9.1
The taking of private land by the government to use for a public project
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9.4
Seizing and holding property until a debt is paid
Property taken by legal order to pay a debt
The official taking of private property by the government, often in a crisis
Antonyms
How Official
Surface Forms
Morphology
confiscation = confiscate (transparent) = confiscate + ation
Standard nominalization of the verb 'confiscate' with the productive suffix '-ation', yielding 'the act or process of confiscating'.
Etymology
Confiscation comes from Latin parts con- 'together' and fiscus 'purse' or 'treasury', painting a picture of goods being moved into the public purse. So, a confiscation is when the government takes someone's property and puts it into its treasury, usually as a punishment.