confiscación

Definitions of confiscación
  1. noun
    seizure by the government
    synonyms: arrogación
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    types:
    expropiación
    taking out of an owner's hands (especially taking property by public authority)
    type of:
    embargo, incautación
    the taking possession of something by legal process
  2. noun
    the act of forcibly dispossessing an owner of property
    synonyms: decomiso, incautación
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    types:
    usurpación
    wrongfully seizing and holding (an office or powers) by force (especially the seizure of a throne or supreme authority)
    arresto, detención
    the act of apprehending (especially apprehending a criminal)
    avasallamiento, conquista, sometimiento
    the act of conquering
    type of:
    adquisición, consecución
    the act of acquiring something
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