Hypertext Webster Gateway: "confiscation"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Confiscation \Con`fis*ca"tion\, n. [L. confiscatio.]
The act or process of taking property or condemning it to be
taken, as forfeited to the public use.
The confiscations following a subdued rebellion.
--Hallam.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
confiscation
n : seizure by the government [syn: {arrogation}]
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