"confiscation" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: confiscations [plural]
Rhymes: -eɪʃən Etymology: From Middle French confiscation. Etymology templates: {{uder|en|frm|confiscation}} Middle French confiscation Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} confiscation (countable and uncountable, plural confiscations)
  1. The act or process of confiscating. Tags: countable, uncountable Translations (the act or process of confiscating an item from public use; expropriation): اِسْتِيلَاء (istīlāʔ) [masculine] (Arabic), канфіска́цыя (kanfiskácyja) [feminine] (Belarusian), конфиска́ция (konfiskácija) [feminine] (Bulgarian), confiscació [feminine] (Catalan), 沒收 (Chinese Mandarin), 没收 (mòshōu) (Chinese Mandarin), 充公 (chōnggōng) (Chinese Mandarin), konfiskace [feminine] (Czech), konfiskation [common-gender] (Danish), konfiskering [common-gender] (Danish), confiscatie [feminine] (Dutch), verbeurdverklaring [feminine] (Dutch), konfisko (Esperanto), takavarikko (Finnish), confiscation [feminine] (French), Konfiszierung [feminine] (German), Konfiskation [feminine] (German), κατάσχεση (katáschesi) [feminine] (Greek), elkobzás (Hungarian), confisca [feminine] (Italian), 没収 (bosshū) (alt: ぼっしゅう) (Japanese), publicatio [feminine] (Latin), confiscacion [feminine] (Occitan), konfiskata [feminine] (Polish), confisco [masculine] (Portuguese), confiscação [feminine] (Portuguese), конфиска́ция (konfiskácija) [feminine] (Russian), реквизи́ция (rekvizícija) [feminine] (Russian), confiscación [feminine] (Spanish), comiso [masculine] (Spanish), decomiso [masculine] (Spanish), konfiskering [common-gender] (Swedish), el koymak (Turkish), haciz (Turkish), müsadere (Turkish), конфіска́ція (konfiskácija) [feminine] (Ukrainian), siêd [masculine] (Welsh)

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      "tags": [
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      "word": "没収"
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      "sense": "the act or process of confiscating an item from public use; expropriation",
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      "word": "publicatio"
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      "sense": "the act or process of confiscating an item from public use; expropriation",
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      "word": "konfiskata"
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      "sense": "the act or process of confiscating an item from public use; expropriation",
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      "sense": "the act or process of confiscating an item from public use; expropriation",
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      "roman": "konfiskácija",
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      "roman": "rekvizícija",
      "sense": "the act or process of confiscating an item from public use; expropriation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
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      "word": "реквизи́ция"
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      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "the act or process of confiscating an item from public use; expropriation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
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      "word": "confiscación"
    },
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      "code": "es",
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      "sense": "the act or process of confiscating an item from public use; expropriation",
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      "word": "comiso"
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        "masculine"
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      "code": "sv",
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      "sense": "the act or process of confiscating an item from public use; expropriation",
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    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "the act or process of confiscating an item from public use; expropriation",
      "word": "el koymak"
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    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "the act or process of confiscating an item from public use; expropriation",
      "word": "haciz"
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    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "the act or process of confiscating an item from public use; expropriation",
      "word": "müsadere"
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      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "konfiskácija",
      "sense": "the act or process of confiscating an item from public use; expropriation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
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      "word": "конфіска́ція"
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      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "the act or process of confiscating an item from public use; expropriation",
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      "word": "siêd"
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  "word": "confiscation"
}

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