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The phrase "a confiscation" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when referring to the act of taking away someone's property, typically by legal authority.
Example: "The authorities announced a confiscation of illegal goods found during the raid."
Alternatives: "an appropriation" or "a seizure".
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So, it wasn't actually a confiscation.
The state then compares this number with a confiscation threshold.
A confiscation hearing is set for 3 May 2017.
For homeowners in my community, the equalization rate has become a confiscation rate.
A confiscation order from a Rome court named the businessman as Salvatore Squillante, 68.
A confiscation hearing under the proceeds of crime act was set for May next year.
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The 2008 economic crisis only accelerated the establishment of a "new State capitalism," which has carried out a massive confiscation of societies' wealth through taxes.
The SFO provided the court with all the available information and the outcome is a substantial confiscation order, which Mr Hayes will need to satisfy or face a further period of imprisonment".
Yesterday the court imposed a £18,693 confiscation order on Nicholas Smith.
(As a result, confiscation of slaves, unlike other property, would require no further legal proceedings).
He fled to Spain after failing to pay the majority of a £14m confiscation order.
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