Webster's 1828 Dictionary

CONFISCATION

n.The act of condemning as forfeited, and adjudging to the public treasury; as the goods of a criminal who has committed a public offense. Ezra 7:26.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

CONFISCATION

Con `fis *ca "tion, n. Etym: [L. confiscatio.]

 

Defn: The act or process of taking property or condemning it to be taken, as forfeited to the public use. The confiscations following a subdued rebellion. Hallam.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

confiscation

con fis ca tion |ˌkänfəˈskāSHən kɑːnfɪˈskeɪʃn | ▶noun the action of taking or seizing someone's property with authority; seizure: a court ordered the confiscation of her property.

 

Oxford Dictionary

confiscation

confiscation |ˌkɒnfɪˈskeɪʃ (ə )n | ▶noun [ mass noun ] the action of taking or seizing someone's property with authority; seizure: a court ordered the confiscation of her property.

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

confiscation

confiscation noun the confiscation of illegal weapons: seizure, requisition, appropriation, expropriation, sequestration; Law distraint.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

confiscation

confiscation noun laws generally allow the confiscation of the proceeds of crime: seizure, impounding, commandeering, requisition, requisitioning, appropriation, expropriation, sequestration, taking away, annexation; forfeiture; Law distraint, distrainment, attachment, disseizin; Scottish Law poind, poinding. ANTONYMS return.

 

French Dictionary

confiscation

confiscation n. f. nom féminin Action de confisquer; son résultat.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

confiscation

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