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confiscación

confiscation, seizure

noun kon-fees-kah-SYOHN Rare
People & Society Law

Origin: Latin confiscare (to seize for the treasury)

Usage Note

Confiscación is the official seizure of property by an authority, typically as a penalty or in wartime. It is synonymous with incautación in legal Spanish; decomiso is used for customs seizures. All three are formal terms; informal speech might use requisa. Always feminine, following the -ción pattern.

Examples

"La confiscación de bienes fue aprobada por el juez."

Natural Translation

The confiscation of assets was approved by the judge.

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