confiscation
Authoritative property taking
Confiscation is the act of seizing property by authority—typically by government or officials.
Customs agents confiscate contraband.
Schools confiscate phones.
The noun emphasizes the taking itself: The confiscation of his assets left him penniless.
Unlike forfeiture, which may be voluntary, confiscation implies seizure without the owner's consent.
Loss due to breach
- impoundmentOfficial seizure or detention
- appropriationUnauthorized claiming or allocation
- requisitionFormal order for supplies
- commandeerSeize for official purposes
repossession · dispossession · garnishment · attachment · sequester · distraint · levy · detention
State of lacking necessities
- dispossessionDeprival of property rights
- divestitureDisposal of assets
- privationLack of necessities
- bereavementState following loss
hardship · denial · removal · taking · relinquishment · surrender · stripping · detriment
Penalty for an offense
- sanctionApproval or punitive measure
- forfeitureLoss due to breach
- fineAcceptable in quality
- penaltyPunishment for wrongdoing
deterrent · disciplinary · retributive · punitive · consequence · restitution · enforcement · violation
Government acquisition of industry
- expropriationGovernment taking private property
- eminent domainForced government land acquisition
- compulsory purchaseMandated property transfer to state
- annexationAbsorbing territory into jurisdiction
redistribution · collectivization · requisitioning · land reform · asset stripping · takeover · public interest · sovereignty
Formal authorization document
- injunctionCourt-ordered behavioral requirement
- court orderBinding judicial directive
- subpoenaWrit requiring testimony
- decreeAuthoritative legal command
edict · writ · judicial · statutory · due process · appeal · litigation · adjudication
forfeiture
Loss due to breach
- impoundmentOfficial seizure or detention
- appropriationUnauthorized claiming or allocation
- requisitionFormal order for supplies
commandeer · repossession · dispossession · garnishment · attachment · sequester · distraint · levy · detention · interception
deprivation
State of lacking necessities
- dispossessionDeprival of property rights
- divestitureDisposal of assets
- privationLack of necessities
bereavement · hardship · denial · removal · taking · relinquishment · surrender · stripping · detriment
punishment
Penalty for an offense
- sanctionApproval or punitive measure
- forfeitureLoss due to breach
- fineAcceptable in quality
penalty · deterrent · disciplinary · retributive · punitive · consequence · restitution · enforcement · violation · offense
nationalization
Government acquisition of industry
- expropriationGovernment taking private property
- eminent domainForced government land acquisition
- compulsory purchaseMandated property transfer to state
annexation · redistribution · collectivization · requisitioning · land reform · asset stripping · takeover · public interest · sovereignty · decree
warrant
Formal authorization document
- injunctionCourt-ordered behavioral requirement
- court orderBinding judicial directive
- subpoenaWrit requiring testimony
decree · edict · writ · judicial · statutory · due process · appeal · litigation · adjudication · ruling
- prize lawprize court, prize money, prize fund, war prize, condemnation
- Ancient RomeRome, Julius Caesar, Caesar, gladiator, gladiators
- airport securityTSA, TSA agent, security, security checkpoint, screening
- disciplinemisconduct, violation, time-out, timeout, grounded
- plunderlooting, loot, booty, pillaging, spoils
- takeovertakeover, take over, seize power, seizure, coup d'etat
confiscationreturn
Go back again
restoration · restitution · giving back · reinstatement · handover
confiscationvoluntary surrender
Freely chosen submission
donation · gift · contribution · cession · bequest
confiscationreward
Payment for service
grant · award · prize · compensation · reparation
- phone confiscationTemporary taking of mobile
- passport confiscationTaking someone's travel papers
- property confiscationLegal seizure of belongings