Confiscation (noun) Definition, Meaning & Examples

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  1. the act, as a penalty, of seizing or appropriating something for public use or for ownership by the state: The government introduced a bill allowing the confiscation of property belonging to foreign states.
  2. the act of seizing something by or as if by authority: In order to avoid confiscation of their cell phones under the strict new rule, many teens only became more secretive about using them.
Confiscation (noun) Definition, Meaning & Examples

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