confiscation
confiscation noun: the act or process of confiscating.
Noun
confiscation (countable and uncountable, plural confiscations)
- The act or process of confiscating.
confiscation meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Urdu and Bengali
confiscation in Hindi
- confiscation, warrant, search
- दस्तक dastak
confiscation in Tamil
- the act or process of confiscating an item from public use; expropriation
- பறிமுதல் paṟimutal
confiscation in Urdu
- confiscation, warrant, search
- دستک dastak
confiscation in Bengali
- confiscation
- জব্দ jobdo
More languagesFewer languages
- confiscation in Telugu
- జప్తు చేయడం
- confiscation in Malayalam
- കണ്ടുകെട്ടൽ, നിയമപ്രകാരമുളള സർവ്വസ്വഹരണം, പിടിച്ചെടുക്കൽ, നിയമവിരുദ്ധമായ കണ്ടുകെട്ടൽ
- confiscation in Sanskrit
- हार hāra
- confiscation in Arabic
- مُصَادَرَة muṣādara, اِسْتِيلَاء istīlāʔ
Forms of confiscation
| plural | confiscations |
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Origin of confiscation
From Latin cōnfiscātiō. By surface analysis, confiscate + -ion.
Words formed from confiscation
Words that rhyme with confiscation
- station
- collation
- accommodation
- presentation
- derivation
- information
- modulation
- translation
- application
- fixation
- generation
- orientation
48 more rhymesFewer rhymes
- citation
- combination
- communication
- conjugation
- constellation
- determination
- elevation
- operation
- relation
- reservation
- alternation
- condensation
- conversation
- deviation
- excavation
- foliation
- formation
- foundation
- incarnation
- interpretation
- representation
- retardation
- speculation
- termination
- abbreviation
- adaptation
- articulation
- bifurcation
- concentration
- congregation
- declination
- degradation
- expectation
- extenuation
- gradation
- observation
- population
- preparation
- reconciliation
- rotation
- separation
- situation
- vexation
- vindication
- accumulation
- administration
- aggregation
- appropriation
Questions about confiscation
- What does confiscation mean?
- Confiscation means the act or process of confiscating.
- What is confiscation in Hindi?
- Confiscation in Hindi is दस्तक (dastak). See Confiscation meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is confiscation?
- Confiscation is a noun.
- What is the plural of confiscation?
- The plural of confiscation is confiscations.
Words near confiscation in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: confiscation (page history and authors); दस्तक (Hindi) (page history and authors); دستک (Urdu) (page history and authors); জব্দ (Bengali) (page history and authors); confiscation (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); confiscation (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); हार (Sanskrit) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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