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Synonyms for confiscation
con·fis·ca·tion
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Princeton's WordNet
confiscation, arrogationnoun
seizure by the government
Synonyms:
arrogation
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Dictionary of English Synonymes
confiscationnoun
Synonyms:
forfeiting, condemnation to public use
PPDB, the paraphrase database
List of paraphrases for "confiscation":
forfeiture, seizure, confiscated, expropriation, confiscate, forfeitures, forfeiting
Words popularity by usage frequency
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#15914 | seizure | |
#22834 | forfeiture | |
#31442 | confiscated | |
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#54028 | expropriation | |
#67809 | confiscate | |
#72454 | forfeitures | |
#112091 | forfeiting |
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Conservatives and liberals are kindred spirits as far as government spending is concerned. ... Since government has no resources of its own, and since there’s no Tooth Fairy handing Congress the funds for the programs it enacts, we are forced to recognize that government spending is no less than the confiscation of one person’s property to give it to another to whom it does not belong -- in effect, legalized theft.
This kind of below-the-radar bureaucratic gun confiscation is a growing Second Amendment and property rights violation problem, particularly in strict gun control states like California, New Jersey and Massachusetts, people can't afford to spend tens of thousands of dollars on legal fees to get back a $500 firearm.
There are still things within our power as a nation we can do by returning to basics. Not left-leaning, liberal ideas that are bordering on confiscation, wealth-envy, basic, basic things: build roads, bridges, technology, invest in research and development and generate more educational achievement.
Iranian President Hassan Rouhani:
The government of the Islamic Republic of Iran officially complained about America to the International Court of Justice for the confiscation and theft of two billion dollars of the property of the central bank, and demanded the condemnation of Washington's anti-Iranian action and compensation for damages.
They wage different wars, there is direct war through confiscation and censorship. There is an indirect siege on the paper's resources.
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