Confiscation

Synonyms for "confiscation" (36 found)

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Closest matches (8)

Strong matches (10)

distresseminent domainexecution
Verb(1 words)
Noun(4 words)
Adjective(2 words)
forcible removalforcible seizure

Related words (18)

Related word relations

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5 relation types

More general

5 entries
administrative actassetlegal actionpropertyseizure

More specific

6 entries
asset forfeiturecash proceedscivil forfeiturecriminal forfeitureseized real estatevehicles

Collocations

6 entries
asset confiscationconfiscation orderconfiscation proceedingscustoms confiscationpolice confiscationseized assets

Inflections

1 entries

Derivations

7 entries

Sample sentences

2 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

When you demonize the indigenous people of some land, people from other countries would not question the occupation of their land or even their extermination. Brand them as "savage" or "terrorists", and nobody would question the confiscation of their land.

Source: tatoeba (2584138)

The investigations began last year with the confiscation of computer files belonging to a man from Magdeburg, Germany.

Source: tatoeba (2678160)

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