con·fis·cate

(kŏn′fĭ-skāt′)

tr.v. con·fis·cat·ed, con·fis·cat·ing, con·fis·cates

1. To seize (private property) for the public treasury, especially as a penalty for wrongdoing.

2. To seize by authority: The teacher confiscated all the comic books we had in class. See Synonyms at appropriate.

adj. (kŏn′fĭ-skāt′, kən-fĭs′kət)

1. Seized by a government; appropriated.

2. Having lost property through confiscation.

[Latin cōnfiscāre, cōnfiscāt : com-, com- + fiscus, treasury.]

con′fis·ca′tion n.

con′fis·ca′tor n.

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ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:

Noun

confiscation - seizure by the government

arrogation

seizure - the taking possession of something by legal process

expropriation - taking out of an owner's hands (especially taking property by public authority)

confiscation

noun seizure, appropriation, impounding, forfeiture, expropriation, sequestration, takeover Anyone convicted of drug trafficking would be liable to confiscation of assets and imprisonment.

Collins Thesaurus of the English Language – Complete and Unabridged 2nd Edition. 2002 © HarperCollins Publishers 1995, 2002

confiscation

noun

The act of taking quick and forcible possession of:

expropriation, seizure.

Translations

مُصادَرَه

konfiskacezabavení

konfiskering

Beschlagnahme Konfiskation Konfiszierung

κατάσχεση

konfisko

confiscation saisie

elkobzás

upptaka

confisca

beslag konfiskering

konfiškácia

el koyma

没收

confiscation

[ˌkɒnfɪsˈkeɪʃən] N → confiscación f, incautación f

Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

confiscation

[ˌkɒnfɪˈskeɪʃ^ən] n → confiscation f

Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

confiscation

n → Beschlagnahme f, → Konfiszierung f

Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007

confiscation

[ˌkɒnfɪsˈkeɪʃ/ən] n → confisca

Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995

confiscate

(ˈkonfiskeit) verb

to seize or take (something) away, usually as a penalty. The teacher confiscated the boy's comic which he was reading in class.

ˌconfiˈscation noun

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