CONFISCATION

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does confiscation mean? 

• CONFISCATION (noun)
  The noun CONFISCATION has 1 sense:

1. seizure by the government

  Familiarity information: CONFISCATION used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• CONFISCATION (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Seizure by the government

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

arrogation; confiscation

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)