confiscação

Meaning

confiscation (the act or process of confiscating something)

Concepts

seizure

sequestration

detention

embargo

forfeiture

takeover

capture

gaining control

confiscation

Synonyms

apreensão

confisco

Translations

confiscation

decomiso

Beschlagnahme

saisie

confiscació

comiso

decomís

confisca

κατάσχεση

sequestro

κατοχή

comís

σύλληψη

Einziehung

Pronounced as (IPA)

/kõ.fis.kaˈsɐ̃w̃/

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin: confiscatio

In summary

Learned borrowing from Latin cōnfiscātiōnem. By surface analysis, confiscar + -ção.