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confiscation

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con·fis·cate  (knf-skt)
tr.v. con·fis·cat·ed, con·fis·cat·ing, con·fis·cates
1. To seize (private property) for the public treasury.
2. To seize by or as if by authority. See Synonyms at appropriate.
adj. (knf-skt, kn-fskt)
1. Seized by a government; appropriated.
2. Having lost property through confiscation.
[Latin cnfiscre, cnfisct : com-, com- + fiscus, treasury.]
confis·cation n.
confis·cator n.
con·fisca·tory (kn-fsk-tôr, -tr) adj.
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.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
Translations
Spanish confiscation [kɔnfɪsˈkeɪʃən] n → incautación f
French confiscation [kɔnfɪsˈkeɪʃən] n → confiscation f
German confiscation [kɔnfɪsˈkeɪʃən] confiscate n → Beschlagnahme f, Konfiszierung f
Italian confiscation [kɔnfɪsˈkeɪʃən] n → confisca
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Now it is the proper business of the public assembly to determine concerning war and peace, making or breaking off alliances, to enact laws, to sentence to death, banishment, or confiscation of goods, and to call the magistrates to account for their behaviour when in office.
A Treatise on Government by Aristotle View in context
That he had watched the times for a time of action, and that they had shifted and struggled until the time had gone by, and the nobility were trooping from France by every highway and byway, and their property was in course of confiscation and destruction, and their very names were blotting out, was as well known to himself as it could be to any new authority in France that might impeach him for it.
A Tale Of Two Cities by Dickens, Charles View in context
Cornelius was a scholar, and was wealthy, -- at least he had been before the confiscation of his property; Cornelius belonged to the merchant-bourgeoisie, who were prouder of their richly emblazoned shop signs than the hereditary nobility of their heraldic bearings.
The Black Tulip by Dumas, Alexandre View in context
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