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confiscation
noun as in seizure
Strongest matches
Strong match
Example Sentences
Thames Valley Police said it obtained a confiscation order for a "nominal sum" of £1, which allowed a "parallel financial investigation" to be carried out.
Ms MacVicar feared that if a criminal confiscation order was granted, the remainder of the cash owed would have gone to the Treasury.
At least one student rebelled, leading to the confiscation of a phone during physical education, reported an 8th-grader at Walter Reed, who asked not to be named.
The settlement also came with an apology from the government for the confiscation of Mt Taranaki and more than a million acres of land from local Māori in the 1860s.
At a hearing in November, Hughes contested a property he had built on land belonging to his parents in Ireland was not an available asset for confiscation proceedings.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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