confiscation

§English

§Etymology

From Middle French confiscation.

§Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -eɪʃən

§Noun

confiscation (plural confiscations)

1. The act or process of confiscating.

§Translations

the act or process of confiscating an item from public use; expropriation

• Arabic: اِسْتيلاء m (istīlāʾ)
• Bulgarian: конфиска́ция (bg) f (konfiskácija)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 沒收 (zh), 没收 (zh) (mòshōu), 充公 (zh) (chōnggōng), 徵發 (zh), 征发 (zh) (zhēngfā)

• Czech: konfiskace f
• Esperanto: konfisko
• Finnish: takavarikko (fi)
• French: confiscation (fr) f

• German: Konfiszierung f, Konfiskation f
• Greek: κατάσχεση (el) f (katáschesi)
• Italian: confisca (it) f
• Japanese: 没収 (ぼっしゅう, bosshū)
• Polish: konfiskata f
• Portuguese: confisco (pt) m, confiscação f
• Russian: конфиска́ция (ru) f (konfiskácija), реквизи́ция (ru) f (rekvizícija)
• Spanish: confiscación (es) f, comiso m, decomiso (es) m
• Swedish: konfiskering c

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§French

§Noun

confiscation f (plural confiscations)

1. confiscation

§External links

• “confiscation” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).