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Meanings of confiscation in English

Portuguese
confiscação
Catalan
confiscació

Seizure by the government.

confiscação
Russian
конфискация
Portuguese
apreensão
Spanish
confiscación
Catalan
confiscació

Legal form of seizure by a public authority.

конфискация
Usage of confiscation in English
1
Good rules reward exchange and specialisation; bad rules reward confiscation and politicking.
The Rational Optimist
2
Then they must use it only outside school hours or risk confiscation.
The Irish Times
3
Then I presume this confiscation is in the nature of a reprisal.
Heart of the Sunset
4
He receives the fines and confiscation of cattle awarded by his officers.
The Ancient Regime
5
Because, you see, the penalty for trespassing is confiscation of your vessel.'
Assail
6
John did not stop with confiscation of the goods of the clergy.
The History of England from the Norman Conquest to the Death of ...
7
Twelve incidents of confiscation of drugs took place at the prison recently.
The Irish Times
8
Its principal object appears to have been the confiscation of Desmond's estates.
An Illustrated History of Ireland from AD 400 to 1800
9
Stuyvesant wished Melyn to be punished with death and confiscation of property.
Peter Stuyvesant, the Last Dutch Governor of New Amsterdam
10
He didn't report the confiscation of the drug smoking paraphernalia to police.
Radio NZ
11
Attainder and confiscation are acts of sovereign power, not acts of legislation.
Select Speeches of Daniel Webster, 1817-1845
12
Was the cargo of the Eliza Cooper contraband and subject to confiscation?
Howard Pyle's Book of Pirates / Fiction, Fact & Fancy Concerning...
13
Thus you see that Mr. Hastings was not satisfied with confiscation only.
The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Vol. 12 (of 12)
14
The fathers, overcome by indignation, expressly forbade either their restoration or confiscation.
Roman History, Books I-III
15
Insidious because it undermines, order, while legislative murder and confiscation induce reaction.
The Theory of Social Revolutions
16
A judge ordered the fee to cover trial costs and a confiscation order.
Reuters
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United States of America
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