Definitions for Confiscation
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Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. confiscation, arrogationnoun

   seizure by the government

WiktionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. confiscationnoun

   The act or process of confiscating.

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Confiscationnoun

   The act of transferring the forfeited goods of criminals to publick use.

   Etymology: from confiscate.

   It was in every man’s eye, what great forfeitures and confiscations he had at that present to help himself. Francis Bacon, H. VII.

WikipediaRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Confiscation

   Confiscation (from the Latin confiscatio "to consign to the fiscus, i.e. transfer to the treasury") is a legal form of seizure by a government or other public authority. The word is also used, popularly, of spoliation under legal forms, or of any seizure of property as punishment or in enforcement of the law.

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1. confiscation

   Confiscation is the act when an entity, usually a government or legal authority, seizes someone's property or assets without compensation, often as a penalty for legal transgressions or violations. This is usually led under statutory authority and may include private property that has been used in the commission of a crime.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Confiscationnoun

   the act or process of taking property or condemning it to be taken, as forfeited to the public use

2. Etymology: [L. confiscatio.]

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1. 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 compensation.

Military Dictionary and GazetteerRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. confiscation

   The appropriation to the public use of private property. A right which is conferred under certain circumstances by the laws of war. See Contraband of War.

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1. • Seizure

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of Confiscation in Chaldean Numerology is: 3

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of Confiscation in Pythagorean Numerology is: 2

Examples of Confiscation in a Sentence

1. Toledo Blade:

   The harassment and detention of The Blade's reporter and photographer, the confiscation of their equipment, and the brazen destruction of lawful photographs cannot be justified by a claim of military authority or by the supposed imperatives of the national security state, the Blade is pleased with this resolution of the crucial First Amendment issues at stake in this matter.

2. Josh Blake:

   When I heard a wide swath of the Democratic presidential candidates in debates calling for national gun confiscation, weaponized local law enforcement to go door to door and take weapons, legally owned weapons from their friends and neighbors, I thought we cant let that happen, thats not fair to the men and women who work in local law enforcement. Its certainly not fair to law-abiding citizens who would be affected by this, and I think Lake County needed to hear us stand up and say, weve got Commissioner Josh Blake back. FLORIDA GUN OWNERS, LAWYERS REACT TO LAKE COUNTYS SECOND AMENDMENT SANCTUARY RESOLUTION Those trying to prevent Gun Violence say lax gun laws wont cut it in a state that has seen some of Americas deadliest mass shootings. The Pulse Nightclub shooting in Orlando left 49 dead. ( Elina Shirazi) We need to be preventing these shootings, not making it easier for dangerous people to use firearms they are concerned about the gun-grabbing, is what they are calling [ it ], what they should be concerned about is our rampant gun violence which is happening almost daily in this country.

3. Iranian President Hassan Rouhani:

   The government of the Islamic Republic of Iran officially complained about America to the International Court of Justice for the confiscation and theft of two billion dollars of the property of the central bank, and demanded the condemnation of Washington's anti-Iranian action and compensation for damages.

4. Bryan Carmody:

   Its designed to intimidate, its essentially the confiscation of a newsroom.

5. The NRA:

   We are very focused on 2020, our members know what's at stake from draconian gun control schemes, from gun confiscation to registration, so they will be out in force and The NRA will make sure of it.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=Confiscation
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Confiscation
3. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=Confiscation
4. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Confiscation
5. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
6. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Confiscation
7. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=Confiscation
8. ^ Military Dictionary and Gazetteer
   https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/59563/pg59563-images.html