confiscation

[ US /ˌkɑnfəˈskeɪʃən/ ]
[ UK /kˌɒnfɪskˈe‍ɪʃən/ ]
NOUN
  1. seizure by the government
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How To Use confiscation In A Sentence

  • EarthRights International recently released a new report documenting land confiscation, forced labor, torture, and other abuses connected to multi-billion dollar cross-country oil and gas pipelines currently under construction from military-ruled Burma to China. Matthew Smith: Publicity, New Media, and Human Rights in Burma
  • The first step in confiscation of all firearms is banning more and more types of firearms, just to get the weak minded like you accustomed to the idea that taking away your 2nd Amendment rights is really OK and won't really hurt anyone. Rove Tweets Hunting
  • The director said compulsory purchase did not mean confiscation but acquisition at market value.
  • Surely the judge can order the confiscation of his money and anything else he possesses.
  • No-one caught smoking pot on south London streets will be treated to anything more than a caution and the confiscation of their stash.
  • There is an understanding that the hearth and home are sacrosanct to the family, and that is why I think those confiscations were such an unhappy time in our history.
  • Pavlov's allegations contradicted earlier official statements which portrayed the currency confiscation as an attack on black marketeers and excess money supply.
  • The report states that all assets have been realised pursuant to the confiscation order.
  • Already his work has weathered rejection by publishers, objection by printers, suppression by censors, confiscation by custom officials, bowdlerization by pirates, oversight by proofreaders, attack by critics, and defense by coteries -- not to mention misunderstanding by readers. James Joyce
  • In order to eliminate marijuana use, state and federal legislators have sanctioned an enormous increase in prosecutorial power, the emergence of a class of professional informers, and the widespread confiscation of private property by the government without trial -- legal weapons reminiscent of those used in the former Soviet-bloc nations. More Reefer Madness
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