| NOUN | act | gaining control, capture, seizure | the act of forcibly dispossessing an owner of property |
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| Meaning | The act of forcibly dispossessing an owner of property. | |
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| Synonyms | capture, seizure | |
| Narrower | apprehension, arrest, catch, collar, pinch, taking into custody | The act of apprehending (especially apprehending a criminal) |
| conquest, conquering, subjection, subjugation | The act of conquering / conquering | |
| enslavement | The act of making slaves of your captives | |
| usurpation | wrongfully seizing / seizing and holding (an office or powers) by force (especially the seizure of a throne or supreme authority) | |
| Broader | acquiring, getting | The act of acquiring something |
| Spanish | confiscación, decomiso, incautación | |
| Catalan | comís, confiscació, decomís | |
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