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# confiscation

noun (confiscation, confiscations)

«confiscation» in the English dictionary: everyday and in Jewish tradition — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. The act of taking something away from someone because of a rule or as a punishment. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/confiscation/#m1)
2. (law) The official taking of property by police, a court or the government. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/confiscation/#m2)

### In the lessons

Used in school rules («Phones seen in class are liable to confiscation»), in news about police and customs, and in history lessons where kings or governments took land from people. It tells the reader that the taking was official and had a reason. Phrases: «confiscation of property», «face confiscation», «risk confiscation».

### Examples

- The school rules say that toys in class may lead to confiscation. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/confiscation/#x1)
- The confiscation of his skateboard made Sam sulk all afternoon. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/confiscation/#x2)
- The court ordered the confiscation of the money from the robbery. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/confiscation/#x3)
- In history we read about the confiscation of land from farmers. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/confiscation/#x4)
- Sweets brought into the exam room face confiscation. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/confiscation/#x5)
- After the third confiscation, Mia stopped bringing her cards to school. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/confiscation/#x6)

### Note

Noun form of «confiscate». Countable (one confiscation, two confiscations) but often used without a/an: «risk confiscation». Formal; in speech children usually say «it got taken off me» (UK) or «it got taken away».

## In Jewish tradition

Seizing property as a penalty, as in a ruling in the Persian-era books. In the primary lessons: Used in school rules («Phones seen in class are liable to confiscation»), in news about police and customs, and in history lessons where kings or governments took land from people. It tells the reader that the taking was official and had a reason. Phrases: «confiscation of property», «face confiscation», «risk confiscation».

### Note

Noun form of «confiscate». Countable (one confiscation, two confiscations) but often used without a/an: «risk confiscation». Formal; in speech children usually say «it got taken off me» (UK) or «it got taken away».

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «confiscation» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/confiscation/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«confiscation» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/confiscation.html) on Mova free.
- [Trees and pragmatics of «confiscation» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/C/confiscation/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«confiscation» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/confiscation.html) on Mova free.