单词 | confiscation |
释义 | confiscationDefinition Seizure and expropriation of private property by a government or its agency as a punishment for breach of a law. In confiscation, a property is expropriated (see expropriation) without the consent of its owner and (unlike in condemnation) usually without any compensation. See also eminent domain. Use 'confiscation' in a SentenceIf you're are pulled over in your car by the police, any illegal substances they find are subject to confiscation,even if they aren't yours. You may need to use confiscation if someone at your workplace has something that you do not allow inside your ofice. The confiscation of our object was very bad because we had a lot of fun using it and manipulating it for ourselves. |
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