confiscations
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confiscations, plural;
/ˌkänfəˈskāSHən/,
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confiscations, plural;
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The action of taking or seizing someone's property with authority; seizure
- - a court ordered the confiscation of her property
Web Definitions:
- (confiscation) seizure by the government
- (Confiscation) The idea that a government will not allow you to keep silver or gold. This did occur in the United States from 1933 to 1974 (few, if any, coins were actually confiscated). This did not apply to silver. See our page on confiscation.
- (Confiscation) An order that a person's property be taken by the government eg: proceeds of criminal activity.
- (confiscation) A legal argument made by the railroads that held that the rates set by the Railroad Commission did not allow them enough profit to operate, pay off debt, or reinvest in the company, thus depriving the railroads of their property without due process of law.