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Confiscate
CONFISCATETo expropriate private property for public use without compensating the owner under the authority of thepolice powerof the government. To seize property. When property is confiscated it is transferred from private to public use, usually for reasons such as insurrection during a time of war or because the private property had been used in illegal activities. A person convicted of violating the internal revenue code by carrying untaxed cigarettes may suffer the penalty of confiscation of any property used in the crime—as, for example, a truck. Confiscation differs from eminent domain and condemnation in that the person from whom private property is taken is not compensated for its value at the time of confiscation. |
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"Confiscate." West's Encyclopedia of American Law. 2005. Encyclopedia.com. 30 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "Confiscate." West's Encyclopedia of American Law. 2005. Encyclopedia.com. (May 30, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1G2-3437701053.html "Confiscate." West's Encyclopedia of American Law. 2005. Retrieved May 30, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1G2-3437701053.html |
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con·fis·cate / ˈkänfəˌskāt/ • v. [tr.] take or seize (someone's property) with authority: the guards confiscated his camera. ∎ take (a possession, esp. land) as a penalty and give it to the public treasury: the government confiscated his property. DERIVATIVES: con·fis·ca·tion / ˌkänfəˈskāshən/ n. con·fis·ca·tor / -ˌskātər/ n. con·fis·ca·to·ry / kənˈfiskəˌtôrē/ adj. |
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"confiscate." The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English. 2009. Encyclopedia.com. 30 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "confiscate." The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English. 2009. Encyclopedia.com. (May 30, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O999-confiscate.html "confiscate." The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English. 2009. Retrieved May 30, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O999-confiscate.html |
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T. F. HOAD. "confiscate." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology. 1996. Encyclopedia.com. 30 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. T. F. HOAD. "confiscate." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology. 1996. Encyclopedia.com. (May 30, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O27-confiscate.html T. F. HOAD. "confiscate." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology. 1996. Retrieved May 30, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O27-confiscate.html |
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•defalcate • demarcate • cheapskate
•eradicate • abdicate
•dedicate, medicate, predicate
•indicate, syndicate, vindicate
•adjudicate • defecate
•certificate, pontificate
•confiscate • replicate • explicate
•spifflicate • triplicate • implicate
•complicate
•duplicate, quadruplicate, quintuplicate
•supplicate • fornicate
•communicate, excommunicate, intercommunicate, tunicate
•divaricate, prevaricate
•fabricate • deprecate • metricate
•extricate
•lubricate, rubricate
•desiccate • intoxicate • masticate
•authenticate • domesticate
•sophisticate • prognosticate
•rusticate • hypothecate • manducate
•educate • obfuscate • inculcate
•bifurcate • suffocate • allocate
•dislocate • reciprocate • coruscate
•altercate • advocate • equivocate
•furcate
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"confiscate." Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes. 2007. Encyclopedia.com. 30 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "confiscate." Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes. 2007. Encyclopedia.com. (May 30, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O233-confiscate.html "confiscate." Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes. 2007. Retrieved May 30, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O233-confiscate.html |
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