Thesaurus results for CONFISCATION

confiscation

noun

Definition of confiscation

as in expropriation

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Recent Examples of confiscation Capital Flight Begins At Home Capital flight usually evokes money leaving a country ahead of devaluation, confiscation, or political disorder. — Dave Birnbaum, Forbes.com, 18 Aug. 2026 Use strong-arm tactics, such as the confiscation of old ballots, to intimidate officials and possibly serve as a dress rehearsal for federal muscle-flexing in future elections. — James Robenalt, Vanity Fair, 27 July 2026 Establishing a National Claims Commission to resolve confiscation claims from the post-1959 nationalizations, compensating former owners through bonds while protecting people who later acquired the same properties legally. — Nora Gámez Torres, Miami Herald, 24 July 2026 The ruling ordered confiscation of financial assets and further investigations into the proceeds are ongoing. — Adam Leventhal, New York Times, 21 July 2026 The order threatens violators with confiscation, destruction of their devices and punishment (which are not specified). — Fatima Faizi, NPR, 10 July 2026 No individual or corporation may, by becoming sufficiently mistrusted by public opinion or a few public officials, be subjected in court to a wholesale confiscation of its assets beyond what the law permits. — David B McGarry, Oc Register, 8 July 2026 Drone operators who enter restricted airspace without approval can face fines of up to $100,000, along with criminal charges and confiscation of their drones, the FBI said. — Reuters, NBC news, 7 July 2026 According to the district’s Parent/Student Handbook, which was adopted in 2007 and last revised in 2022, unauthorized device use during the school day can result in consequences set by each campus, including confiscation of the device. — Chaewon Chung updated July 6, Sacbee.com, 6 July 2026

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Noun

Production later climbed above 3 million barrels a day before decades of neglect, corruption, expropriations, economic collapse and US sanctions sent output plunging.

— Fabiola Zerpa, Fortune, 17 Aug. 2026
Lawyers for the groups argued Monday that the law violates the South African Constitution's protections of private property and prohibitions of expropriation of land without compensation.

— ABC News, ABC News, 3 Aug. 2026

Definition of expropriation

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And with no serious domestic pressure to adopt more dovish policies, there is little standing in the way of Israel’s annexation of the West Bank and its complete destruction of Gaza.

— MARC LYNCH, Foreign Affairs, 18 Aug. 2026
Hinojosa's organization is looking into possible legal action to prevent the annexation.

— August 17, NPR, 17 Aug. 2026

Definition of annexation

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Several entities — including insurance companies and vehicle repossession agencies — can mount such cameras or access the networks.

— Teri Figueroa, San Diego Union-Tribune, 27 July 2026
Freedom Debt Relief helps with credit card debt, medical debt, most personal loans, some private student loans, as well as collections or repossessions.

— Andreina Rodriguez, CNBC, 21 July 2026

Definition of repossession

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The charges follow last month’s announcement of Liberia’s largest-ever drug seizure — tons of cocaine worth about $336 million, which authorities said implicated senior police officials.

— ABC News, ABC News, 19 Aug. 2026
The latest bust followed the seizure of more than 400 pounds of the substance at the airport last week.

— Renee Anderson, CBS News, 19 Aug. 2026

Definition of seizure

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Police say the crackdown will include citations and vehicle impoundments for adults caught trespassing on construction sites.

— Gino Vicci, CBS News, 6 Aug. 2026
The plan, if approved by the EPA, would direct IDEM to create a permitting section with about nine to 13 staff members to address coal ash impoundment closure permit applications.

— Maya Wilkins, Chicago Tribune, 18 July 2026

Definition of impoundment

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The attempt of any of the parts to exercise it is usurpation.

— Ann Manov, Harpers Magazine, 23 June 2026
Those laws sought to alter the reporting structure for the secretary or the directors in violation of Amendment 33 of the Arkansas Constitution, which protects the vested powers of constitutional boards, like the Board of Corrections, from usurpation by the governor, the General Assembly or both.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 18 May 2026

Definition of usurpation

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Still, even with Ellison’s $111 billion WBD takeover plan under threat from a state attorneys general antitrust suit, $4 million and change is sofa detritus to the son of Larry Ellison.

— Dominic Patten, Deadline, 21 Aug. 2026
Earlier this summer, New Translations were among the scene-stealers at a rock & roll takeover during CMA Fest in Nashville.

— Joseph Hudak, Rolling Stone, 21 Aug. 2026

Definition of takeover

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According to study co-author and UM evolutionary biologist Tim James, these discoveries should be incorporated into carbon cycling and sequestration models.

— Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 29 July 2026
Fleming staked much of his campaign on opposition to carbon capture and sequestration, the process for injecting carbon dioxide waste underground to reduce industrial pollution.

— ABC News, ABC News, 27 June 2026

Definition of sequestration

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