# confiscation # confiscate (Adjective) 1: appropriated by the government **:** [forfeited](https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/forfeited) 2: deprived of property by [confiscation](https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/confiscation) Clipped from [Confiscate Definition & Meaning - Merriam-Webster](https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/confiscate) at 2023-10-02. # confiscate (Verb) 1: to seize as forfeited to the public treasury 2: to seize by or as if by authority confiscation [ˌkän-fə-ˈskā-shən How to pronounce confiscate (audio)](https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/confiscate?pronunciation&lang=en_us&dir=c&file=confis06) noun confiscator [ˈkän-fə-ˌskā-tər How to pronounce confiscate (audio)](https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/confiscate?pronunciation&lang=en_us&dir=c&file=confis07) noun confiscatory [kən-ˈfi-skə-ˌtȯr-ē How to pronounce confiscate (audio)](https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/confiscate?pronunciation&lang=en_us&dir=c&file=confis08) adjective Clipped from [Confiscate Definition & Meaning - Merriam-Webster](https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/confiscate) at 2023-10-02. # note Confiscation is the best word to describe taxation. It's ironic that this country was formed about the resistance to taxation without representation. Representation does not make an excuse for taxation, but at least it gives some reason for it. # References / Links [[Taxation]]