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    CONFISCATION

    Pronunciation (US): Play  (GB): Play

     I. (noun) 

    Sense 1

    Meaning:

    Seizure by the governmentplay

    Synonyms:

    arrogation; confiscation

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting acts or actions

    Hypernyms ("confiscation" is a kind of...):

    seizure (the taking possession of something by legal process)

    Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "confiscation"):

    expropriation (taking out of an owner's hands (especially taking property by public authority))

    Derivation:

    confiscate (take temporary possession of as a security, by legal authority)

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