confiscator
One who seizes
A confiscator is one who confiscates—seizing property by authority, typically government authority.
The term appears in legal and political contexts: The confiscators arrived to claim the assets.
It carries negative connotations when describing overreaching seizure: tax confiscators, The regime's confiscators stripped families of their land.
Official seizure or detention
- forfeitureLoss due to breach
- sequestrationAct of setting apart
- expropriationGovernment taking private property
- requisitionFormal order for supplies
commandeering · dispossession · attachment · garnishment · distraint · appropriation · takeover · repossession
One who takes possession
- customs officialPort entry authority
- bailiffLegal proceeding overseer
- sheriffCounty's chief officer
- marshalArrange in proper order
constable · tax collector · repo man · inspector · auditor · receiver · trustee · liquidator
Law-required duty
- jurisdictionLegal authority's scope
- regulatory authorityAgency enforcing rules
- police powerState's right to govern
- statutory rightClaim established by legislation
court order · warrant · writ · subpoena · decree · injunction · authorization · empowerment
Sudden armed incursion
- bustFailure or sculpture
- sweepBrush clean with broom
- searchAct of seeking
- inspectionFormal assessment of condition
crackdown · interdiction · sting · investigation · asset recovery · collection · inventory · cataloging
impoundment
Official seizure or detention
- forfeitureLoss due to breach
- sequestrationAct of setting apart
- expropriationGovernment taking private property
requisition · commandeering · dispossession · attachment · garnishment · distraint · appropriation · takeover · repossession · asset freeze
seizer
One who takes possession
- customs officialPort entry authority
- bailiffLegal proceeding overseer
- sheriffCounty's chief officer
marshal · constable · tax collector · repo man · inspector · auditor · receiver · trustee · liquidator · administrator
legal mandate
Law-required duty
- jurisdictionLegal authority's scope
- regulatory authorityAgency enforcing rules
- police powerState's right to govern
statutory right · court order · warrant · writ · subpoena · decree · injunction · authorization · empowerment · eminent domain
raid
Sudden armed incursion
inspection · crackdown · interdiction · sting · investigation · asset recovery · collection · inventory · cataloging · tagging
contraband
Prohibited trade goods
goods · merchandise · evidence · narcotics · weapons · vehicles · cash · documents · counterfeit · illegal substances
confiscatordonor
One who contributes freely
giver · bestower · grantor · benefactor · returner
confiscatorrightful owner
One with legitimate claim
recipient · titleholder · heir · inheritor · purchaser
- phone confiscationTemporary taking of mobile
- confiscated itemsGoods legally taken away
- passport confiscationTaking someone's travel papers
- property confiscationLegal seizure of belongings
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