confiscation : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: confiscation	by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
confiscation n seizure by the government [syn: confiscation, arrogation]
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.