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confiscation

[ US /ˌkɑnfəˈskeɪʃən/ ]
[ UK /kˌɒnfɪskˈe‍ɪʃən/ ]
NOUN
  1. seizure by the government

How To Use confiscation In A Sentence

  • The Norwegian Foreign Ministry summoned Iran's charge d'affaires on Thursday to protest against what it called the confiscation of Ebadi's Nobel medal and diploma and express 'grave concern' about the treatment of her husband. Khaleej Times : UAE News
  • By Section 5 of the Act the court may make a confiscation order in a lesser sum than the value of the proceeds if it finds that the realisable assets are less than that figure.
  • The pope and the king of France taught Edward II to dissolve the preceptories, to the number of twenty-three, belonging to the Templars; in 1410 the Commons petitioned for the confiscation of all church property; in 1414 the alien priories in England fell under the animadversion of the government; their property was handed over to the crown and they escaped only by the payment of heavy fines, by incorporation into English orders, and by partial confiscation of their land. The Age of the Reformation
  • I doubt confiscation is going to be attempted in my lifetime, but we've already seen previous restrictions on new sales come and go and there are bills in the works that would expand upon the previous weapons and magazine restrictions. Obama Win Triggers Firearm-Sales Boom
  • Producers and merchants trading in pine honey risk confiscation of their goods if they put it on the market with this trade mark.
  • Now, the perpetrator governments have agreed to this legal conclusion, although they maintain the implausible assertion that gun confiscations were not the result of official policy.
  • We declare our own property inherently allodial and unowed, and hereby signify that its confiscation by any government is unwilling.
  • She is armed with little more than force of character - wardens have no powers of arrest or confiscation - and that cuts little ice with a deep-dyed yob.
  • An extraordinary government gazette was published announcing the confiscations.
  • Elle proscrit d'abord tous les moyens -- annulation ou confiscation -- par lesquels on chercherait à atteindre, dans leur existence, les droits nés avant la guerre. The League of Nations and its Problems Three Lectures
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