confiscationn.

/kɒnfɪˈskeɪʃən/

Etymology: < Latin confiscātiōn-em, noun of action < confiscāre to confiscate adj. Compare French confiscation, -acion (14th cent. in Littré).

1. The action of confiscating; the appropriation of private property to the sovereign or public treasury; seizure under public authority, as forfeited:

a. of (goods, or some particular property).

ΘΚΠ

the mind > possession > taking > seizing > [noun] > by (public) authority

confiscation1543

confisking1583

confiscating1591

expropriation1878

society > law > administration of justice > general proceedings > legal seizure or recovery of property > [noun] > seizing lands or goods > confiscation or sequestration by state

confiscation1543

sequestration1568

confisking1583

confiscating1591

publication1611

1543 Act anent Defamatouris in Reg. Acts & Decreets I. 368 Under the pane of deid and confescatioun of thir gudis movable.

a1600 R. Hooker Of Lawes Eccl. Politie vii. xxiv, in Wks. (1662) 73 Confiscation of Bishops livings.

1611 Bible (King James) Ezra vii. 26.

1683 Britanniæ Speculum 98 Claudius..remitted the Confiscations of their Goods.

1856 F. L. Olmsted Journey Slave States 224 Before the confiscation of the Company's charter.

1863 J. A. Froude Hist. Eng. VII. 5 The Confiscation of the Abbey lands.

b. without of.

ΚΠ

1548 Hall's Vnion: Henry VIII f. cclii^v Owner of the realme, as..by confiscacion acquired, &..by free will surrendred vnto him.

a1616 W. Shakespeare Measure for Measure (1632) v. i. 420 His possessions, Although by confiscation [1623 confutation] they are ours.

1741 W. Warburton Divine Legation Moses II. 457 Attaint of blood and confiscation.

1776 E. Gibbon Decline & Fall I. xxv. 726 The wealthiest families were ruined by fines and confiscations.

1848 J. Arnould Law Marine Insurance II. iii. iii. 872 Confiscation..imports an act done in some way on the part of the government..and in some ways beneficial to that government, though the proceeds need not, strictly speaking, be brought into its treasury.

1876 E. A. Freeman Hist. Norman Conquest V. xxii. 7.

c. of a person: i.e. his goods.

ΚΠ

1754–62 D. Hume Hist. Eng. I. iv. 111 The early confiscation of Harold's followers might seem iniquitous.

1841 W. Spalding Italy & Ital. Islands II. 195 In 1302, the poet was sentenced to banishment and confiscation.

2. Often used with implication of an unjust use of power; hence, colloquial. Legal robbery by or with the sanction of the ruling power.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > possession > taking > seizing > [noun] > by (public) authority > by arbitrary or summary force

concussion1602

confiscationa1832

a1832 J. Mackintosh France in 1815 in Wks. (1846) III. 186 All confiscation is unjust. The French confiscation..is the most abominable example of that species of legal robbery.

1868 J. E. T. Rogers Man. Polit. Econ. (1876) xxi. 278 It is confiscation to levy a tax on that which a man cannot save.

1869 Sir R. Palmer in Daily News 23 Mar. I do not deny that there are occasions which would justify acts which might be properly called confiscations.

3. Confiscated property.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > possession > taking > seizing > [noun] > by (public) authority > that which is

confiscationa1774

a1774 O. Goldsmith tr. P. Scarron Comic Romance (1775) II. xiv. 107 He would..even endeavour to restore him his confiscations.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1891; most recently modified version published online March 2019).

单词	confiscation
释义	confiscationn. /kɒnfɪˈskeɪʃən/ Etymology: < Latin confiscātiōn-em, noun of action < confiscāre to confiscate adj. Compare French confiscation, -acion (14th cent. in Littré). 1. The action of confiscating; the appropriation of private property to the sovereign or public treasury; seizure under public authority, as forfeited: a. of (goods, or some particular property). ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > taking > seizing > [noun] > by (public) authority confiscation1543 confisking1583 confiscating1591 expropriation1878 society > law > administration of justice > general proceedings > legal seizure or recovery of property > [noun] > seizing lands or goods > confiscation or sequestration by state confiscation1543 sequestration1568 confisking1583 confiscating1591 publication1611 1543 Act anent Defamatouris in Reg. Acts & Decreets I. 368 Under the pane of deid and confescatioun of thir gudis movable. a1600 R. Hooker Of Lawes Eccl. Politie vii. xxiv, in Wks. (1662) 73 Confiscation of Bishops livings. 1611 Bible (King James) Ezra vii. 26. 1683 Britanniæ Speculum 98 Claudius..remitted the Confiscations of their Goods. 1856 F. L. Olmsted Journey Slave States 224 Before the confiscation of the Company's charter. 1863 J. A. Froude Hist. Eng. VII. 5 The Confiscation of the Abbey lands. b. without of. ΚΠ 1548 Hall's Vnion: Henry VIII f. cclii^v Owner of the realme, as..by confiscacion acquired, &..by free will surrendred vnto him. a1616 W. Shakespeare Measure for Measure (1632) v. i. 420 His possessions, Although by confiscation [1623 confutation] they are ours. View more context for this quotation 1741 W. Warburton Divine Legation Moses II. 457 Attaint of blood and confiscation. 1776 E. Gibbon Decline & Fall I. xxv. 726 The wealthiest families were ruined by fines and confiscations. 1848 J. Arnould Law Marine Insurance II. iii. iii. 872 Confiscation..imports an act done in some way on the part of the government..and in some ways beneficial to that government, though the proceeds need not, strictly speaking, be brought into its treasury. 1876 E. A. Freeman Hist. Norman Conquest V. xxii. 7. c. of a person: i.e. his goods. ΚΠ 1754–62 D. Hume Hist. Eng. I. iv. 111 The early confiscation of Harold's followers might seem iniquitous. 1841 W. Spalding Italy & Ital. Islands II. 195 In 1302, the poet was sentenced to banishment and confiscation. 2. Often used with implication of an unjust use of power; hence, colloquial. Legal robbery by or with the sanction of the ruling power. ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > taking > seizing > [noun] > by (public) authority > by arbitrary or summary force concussion1602 confiscationa1832 a1832 J. Mackintosh France in 1815 in Wks. (1846) III. 186 All confiscation is unjust. The French confiscation..is the most abominable example of that species of legal robbery. 1868 J. E. T. Rogers Man. Polit. Econ. (1876) xxi. 278 It is confiscation to levy a tax on that which a man cannot save. 1869 Sir R. Palmer in Daily News 23 Mar. I do not deny that there are occasions which would justify acts which might be properly called confiscations. 3. Confiscated property. ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > taking > seizing > [noun] > by (public) authority > that which is confiscationa1774 a1774 O. Goldsmith tr. P. Scarron Comic Romance (1775) II. xiv. 107 He would..even endeavour to restore him his confiscations. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1891; most recently modified version published online March 2019). < n.1543
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