confiscation
part of speech
noun (confiscation, confiscations)
meaning for a pupil
1) The act of taking something away from someone because of a rule or as a punishment. tree →
2) (law) The official taking of property by police, a court or the government. tree →
sense in the lessons
In the Tanakh and Jewish tradition: Seizing property as a penalty, as in a ruling in the Persian-era books. In the primary lessons: Used in school rules («Phones seen in class are liable to confiscation»), in news about police and customs, and in history lessons where kings or governments took land from people. It tells the reader that the taking was official and had a reason. Phrases: «confiscation of property», «face confiscation», «risk confiscation».
examples
- The school rules say that toys in class may lead to confiscation. tree →
- The confiscation of his skateboard made Sam sulk all afternoon. tree →
- The court ordered the confiscation of the money from the robbery. tree →
- In history we read about the confiscation of land from farmers. tree →
- Sweets brought into the exam room face confiscation. tree →
- After the third confiscation, Mia stopped bringing her cards to school. tree →
note
Noun form of «confiscate». Countable (one confiscation, two confiscations) but often used without a/an: «risk confiscation». Formal; in speech children usually say «it got taken off me» (UK) or «it got taken away».
Trees and pragmatics
Every meaning and example of «confiscation» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.