Vocabulary
Confiscation
English and Urdu gloss, synonyms and antonyms, and example usage from our editorial sentence cache where available.
English meaning
the action of taking or seizing someone’s property with authority; seizure.
Urdu meaning
ضبط کرنا، قبضے میں لینا
Example sentences (from Dawn)
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- Failure to comply would mean facing the full force of antiterrorism laws, including being labelled abettors or facilitators, with the possibility of property confiscation and denial of state services.
- Stop for a moment and think: has there ever been an event in the world where genocide, mass murder and illegal confiscation were being announced from the global stage and nobody batted an eyelid?
- In this bleak scenario, Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif`s orders to take severe legal action against the human trafficking mafia, including the confiscation of their assets, are encouraging.
Synonyms
seizure, impounding, commandeering, requisition, requisitioning, appropriation, expropriation
Curator example
“a court ordered the confiscation of her property”
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