Confiscation

Synonyms for "confiscation" (11 found)

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Noun(1 words)
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Related words (5)

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39 translations across 28 languages.

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Arabic

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  • اِسْتِيلَاء noun (the act or process of confiscating an item from public use; expropriation)
  • مُصَادَرَة noun (the act or process of confiscating an item from public use; expropriation)

Belarusian

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  • канфіска́цыя noun (the act or process of confiscating an item from public use; expropriation)

Bulgarian

1 entries
  • конфиска́ция noun (the act or process of confiscating an item from public use; expropriation)

Catalan

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  • confiscació noun (the act or process of confiscating an item from public use; expropriation)

Chinese Mandarin

2 entries
  • 充公 noun (the act or process of confiscating an item from public use; expropriation)
  • 沒收 /没收 noun (the act or process of confiscating an item from public use; expropriation)

Czech

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  • konfiskace noun (the act or process of confiscating an item from public use; expropriation)

Danish

2 entries
  • konfiskation noun (the act or process of confiscating an item from public use; expropriation)
  • konfiskering noun (the act or process of confiscating an item from public use; expropriation)

Dutch

2 entries
  • confiscatie noun (the act or process of confiscating an item from public use; expropriation)
  • verbeurdverklaring noun (the act or process of confiscating an item from public use; expropriation)

Esperanto

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  • konfisko noun (the act or process of confiscating an item from public use; expropriation)

Finnish

1 entries
  • takavarikko noun (the act or process of confiscating an item from public use; expropriation)

French

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  • confiscation noun (the act or process of confiscating an item from public use; expropriation)

German

2 entries
  • Konfiskation noun (the act or process of confiscating an item from public use; expropriation)
  • Konfiszierung noun (the act or process of confiscating an item from public use; expropriation)

Greek

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  • κατάσχεση noun (the act or process of confiscating an item from public use; expropriation)

Hungarian

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  • elkobzás noun (the act or process of confiscating an item from public use; expropriation)

Italian

1 entries
  • confisca noun (the act or process of confiscating an item from public use; expropriation)

Japanese

1 entries
  • 没収 noun (the act or process of confiscating an item from public use; expropriation)

Korean

1 entries
  • 몰수 noun (the act or process of confiscating an item from public use; expropriation)

Latin

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  • pūblicātiō noun (the act or process of confiscating an item from public use; expropriation)

Occitan

1 entries
  • confiscacion noun (the act or process of confiscating an item from public use; expropriation)

Polish

1 entries
  • konfiskata noun (the act or process of confiscating an item from public use; expropriation)

Portuguese

2 entries
  • confiscação noun (the act or process of confiscating an item from public use; expropriation)
  • confisco noun (the act or process of confiscating an item from public use; expropriation)

Russian

2 entries
  • конфиска́ция noun (the act or process of confiscating an item from public use; expropriation)
  • реквизи́ция noun (the act or process of confiscating an item from public use; expropriation)

Spanish

3 entries
  • comiso noun (the act or process of confiscating an item from public use; expropriation)
  • confiscación noun (the act or process of confiscating an item from public use; expropriation)
  • decomiso noun (the act or process of confiscating an item from public use; expropriation)

Swedish

1 entries
  • konfiskering noun (the act or process of confiscating an item from public use; expropriation)

Tamil

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  • பறிமுதல் noun (the act or process of confiscating an item from public use; expropriation)

Turkish

3 entries
  • el koymak noun (the act or process of confiscating an item from public use; expropriation)
  • haciz noun (the act or process of confiscating an item from public use; expropriation)
  • müsadere noun (the act or process of confiscating an item from public use; expropriation)

Ukrainian

1 entries
  • конфіска́ція noun (the act or process of confiscating an item from public use; expropriation)

Welsh

1 entries
  • siêd noun (the act or process of confiscating an item from public use; expropriation)

Sample sentences

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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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