confiscation
The act or process of confiscatingThe act or process of confiscating.
» The investigations began last year with the confiscation of computer files belonging to a man from Magdeburg, Germany.
Die Untersuchungen begannen im letzten Jahr mit der Konfiszierung von Computerarchiven eines Mannes aus Magdeburg, Deutschland.
Расследования начались в прошлом году с конфискации компьютерных архивов человека из немецкого города Магдебурга.
Meaning
1 senses(countable, uncountable)The act or process of confiscating.
Konfiszierung, Konfiskation
конфиска́цияkonfiskácija, реквизи́цияrekvizícija
конфіска́ціяkonfiskácija
- seizure by the government
Examples
1 sentencesThe investigations began last year with the confiscation of computer files belonging to a man from Magdeburg, Germany.
ruРасследования начались в прошлом году с конфискации компьютерных архивов человека из немецкого города Магдебурга.
deDie Untersuchungen begannen im letzten Jahr mit der Konfiszierung von Computerarchiven eines Mannes aus Magdeburg, Deutschland.
Translations
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Origin
From Latin cōnfiscātiō. By surface analysis, confiscate + -ion.From Latin cōnfiscātiō. By surface analysis, confiscate + -ion.
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Forms
plural: confiscations| Singular | confiscation |
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Synonyms
1 synonyms- seizure by the government:arrogation
Word family
2 related wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable