Definition of confiscation in English:

confiscation

noun ˌkɒnfɪˈskeɪʃ(ə)nˌkɑnfəˈskeɪʃ(ə)n

mass noun

The action of taking or seizing someone's property with authority; seizure.
a court ordered the confiscation of her property
Example sentencesExamples
- This includes confiscation of computers if police believe that a record of a firearm is contained therein.
- No-one caught smoking pot on south London streets will be treated to anything more than a caution and the confiscation of their stash.
- 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.
- Law enforcement agencies have seized assets running into several billion dollars, but there have been concerns about confiscations where no charges or convictions have been made against an individual.
- The process is already under way and should result, later this year, in new legislation both strengthening conviction-based confiscations and introducing civil forfeiture.
Synonyms
seizure, impounding, commandeering, requisition, requisitioning, appropriation, expropriation, sequestration, taking away, annexation
forfeiture
Law distraint, distrainment, attachment, disseisin
Scottish Law poind, poinding

Definition of confiscation in US English:

confiscation

nounˌkänfəˈskāSH(ə)nˌkɑnfəˈskeɪʃ(ə)n

The action of taking or seizing someone's property with authority; seizure.
a court ordered the confiscation of her property
Example sentencesExamples
- 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.
- No-one caught smoking pot on south London streets will be treated to anything more than a caution and the confiscation of their stash.
- The process is already under way and should result, later this year, in new legislation both strengthening conviction-based confiscations and introducing civil forfeiture.
- Law enforcement agencies have seized assets running into several billion dollars, but there have been concerns about confiscations where no charges or convictions have been made against an individual.
- This includes confiscation of computers if police believe that a record of a firearm is contained therein.
Synonyms
seizure, impounding, commandeering, requisition, requisitioning, appropriation, expropriation, sequestration, taking away, annexation

词汇	confiscation
释义	Definition of confiscation in English: confiscation noun ˌkɒnfɪˈskeɪʃ(ə)nˌkɑnfəˈskeɪʃ(ə)n mass noun The action of taking or seizing someone's property with authority; seizure. a court ordered the confiscation of her property Example sentencesExamples This includes confiscation of computers if police believe that a record of a firearm is contained therein. No-one caught smoking pot on south London streets will be treated to anything more than a caution and the confiscation of their stash. 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. Law enforcement agencies have seized assets running into several billion dollars, but there have been concerns about confiscations where no charges or convictions have been made against an individual. The process is already under way and should result, later this year, in new legislation both strengthening conviction-based confiscations and introducing civil forfeiture. Synonyms seizure, impounding, commandeering, requisition, requisitioning, appropriation, expropriation, sequestration, taking away, annexation forfeiture Law distraint, distrainment, attachment, disseisin Scottish Law poind, poinding Definition of confiscation in US English: confiscation nounˌkänfəˈskāSH(ə)nˌkɑnfəˈskeɪʃ(ə)n The action of taking or seizing someone's property with authority; seizure. a court ordered the confiscation of her property Example sentencesExamples 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. No-one caught smoking pot on south London streets will be treated to anything more than a caution and the confiscation of their stash. The process is already under way and should result, later this year, in new legislation both strengthening conviction-based confiscations and introducing civil forfeiture. Law enforcement agencies have seized assets running into several billion dollars, but there have been concerns about confiscations where no charges or convictions have been made against an individual. This includes confiscation of computers if police believe that a record of a firearm is contained therein. Synonyms seizure, impounding, commandeering, requisition, requisitioning, appropriation, expropriation, sequestration, taking away, annexation
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