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noun
- 1. the action of taking or seizing someone's property with authority; seizure: "a court ordered the confiscation of her property"
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CONFISCATION definition: 1. the act of confiscating a possession from someone (= taking it away as a punishment) or an…. Learn more.
CONFISCATE definition: 1. to take a possession away from someone when you have the right to do so, usually as a punishment…. Learn more.
appropriated by the government : forfeited; deprived of property by confiscation… See the full definition
Confiscation definition: the act, as a penalty, of seizing or appropriating something for public use or for ownership by the state. See examples of CONFISCATION used in a sentence.
the act of confiscating a possession from someone (= taking it away as a punishment) or an example of this: There was a record number of confiscations by customs officers last year. Penalties range from 3 months to 5 years in prison and the confiscation of property. See. confiscate. Fewer examples.
Confiscate definition: to seize as forfeited to the public domain; appropriate, by way of penalty, for public use.. See examples of CONFISCATE used in a sentence.
Definition of confiscation noun in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
verb. /ˈkɒnfɪskeɪt/ /ˈkɑːnfɪskeɪt/ Verb Forms. confiscate something to officially take something away from somebody, especially as a punishment. Their land was confiscated after the war. The teacher threatened to confiscate their phones if they kept using them in class. Our belongings were temporarily confiscated. Topics Crime and punishment c2.
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.
If you confiscate something from someone, you take it away from them, usually as a punishment. The courts can confiscate assets from people who have committed offences. [VERB noun + from] They confiscated weapons, ammunition and propaganda material.
