| NOUN | act | arrogation, confiscation | seizure by the government |
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| Meaning | seizure by the government. | |
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| Synonym | confiscation | |
| Narrower | expropriation | taking out of an owner's hands (especially taking property by public authority) |
| Broader | seizure | The taking possession of something by legal process |
| Spanish | arrogación, confiscación | |
| Catalan | arrogació, arrogación, confiscació | |
| Verbs | arrogate | seize and take control without authority and possibly with force |
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