Look up: confiscation


  1. confiscation
    [n] - seizure by the government
    Found op http://www.webdictionary.co.uk/definition.php?query=confiscation

  2. Confiscation
    Con`fis·ca'tion noun [ Latin confiscatio .] 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. »
    Found op http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/C/134

  3. confiscation
    arrogation noun seizure by the government
    Found op http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=confiscation

  4. Confiscation
    • (n.) The act or process of taking property or condemning it to be taken, as forfeited to the public use.
    Found op http://thinkexist.com/dictionary/meaning/confiscation/

  5. confiscation
    in property law, act of appropriating private property for state or sovereign use. Confiscation as an incident of state power can be traced back to ... [1 related articles]
    Found op http://www.britannica.com/eb/a-z/c/127

  6. Confiscation
    Confiscation, from the Latin confiscatio `joining to the fiscus, i.e. transfer to the treasury` is a legal seizure without compensation by a government or other public authority. The word is also used, popularly, of spoliation under legal forms, or of any seizure of property without adequate compen...
    Found op http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Confiscation

  7. Confiscation
    Appropriation of private property for public use without compensation.
    Found op http://www.lectlaw.com/def/c094.htm

  8. confiscation
    1) Appropriation 2) Arrogation 3) Seizure 4) Seizure by the government
    Found op http://www.mijnwoordenboek.nl/EN/crossword-dictionary/confiscation/1

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