Confiscation Definition

confiscations
noun
confiscations

The appropriation of private property without just compensation for the public use or treasury, often as a penalty resulting from a criminal prosecution or when possession of the property is itself a crime. See also condemn.

Webster's New World Law

The act or process of confiscating.

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Singular:
confiscation
Plural:
confiscations

Origin of Confiscation

  • From Middle French confiscation.

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