confiscation
pronunciation
How to pronounce confiscation in British English:
UK [ˌkɒnfɪs'keɪʃən]
How to pronounce confiscation in American English:
US [ˌkɒnfɪs'keɪʃən]
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- Noun:
- seizure by the government
Word Origin
- confiscation (n.)
- 1540s, from Middle French confiscation, from Latin confiscationem (nominative confiscatio), noun of action from past participle stem of confiscare (see confiscate).
Example
- 1. If he sees any impropriety in politicians ordering executives about , upstaging the courts and threatening confiscation , he has not said so .
- 2. He ordered crackdowns that included a confiscation of private savings in late 2009 .
- 3. The confiscation of land extends to businesses as well , the cable notes .
- 4. Special zones apart , traders and investors from china were badly burned by the regime 's sudden and disastrous confiscation of the old currency in 2009 .
- 5. American and chinese officials say they broke up the criminal ring in july 2007 with the arrest of 25 people in china , the dismantling of several manufacturing facilities and the confiscation of counterfeit software valued at more than $ 500 million .