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Confiscate vs. Expropriate — What's the Difference?

Confiscate vs. Expropriate — What's the Difference?

Difference Between Confiscate and Expropriate

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Confiscate

To seize (private property) for the public treasury, especially as a penalty for wrongdoing.

Expropriate

To take (a property) for public use.

Confiscate

To seize by authority
The teacher confiscated all the comic books we had in class.

Expropriate

(transitive) To deprive a person of (their private property) for public use.

Confiscate

Seized by a government; appropriated.
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Expropriate

To put out of one's possession; to surrender the ownership of; also, to deprive of possession or proprietary rights.
Expropriate these [bad landlords] as the monks were expropriated by Act of Parliament.

Confiscate

Having lost property through confiscation.

Expropriate

Deprive of possessions;
The Communist government expropriated the landowners

Confiscate

(transitive) To use one's authority to lay claim to and separate a possession from its holder.
In schools it is common for teachers to confiscate electronic games and other distractions.

Confiscate

(obsolete) Confiscated; seized and appropriated by the government for public use; forfeit.

Confiscate

Seized and appropriated by the government to the public use; forfeited.
Lest that your goods too soon be confiscate.

Confiscate

To seize as forfeited to the public treasury; to appropriate to the public use.
It was judged that he should be banished and his whole estate confiscated and seized.

Confiscate

Take temporary possession of as a security, by legal authority;
The FBI seized the drugs
The customs agents impounded the illegal shipment
The police confiscated the stolen artwork

Confiscate

Surrendered as a penalty

Confiscate

Taken without permission or consent especially by public authority;
The condemned land was used for a highway cloverleaf
The confiscated liquor was poured down the drain

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