confiscation

Questions about confiscation

What does confiscation mean?

confiscation means "seizure by the government".

How many syllables are in confiscation?

confiscation has 4 syllables: con-fi-sca-tion. The stress falls on "sca". In IPA it is /ˌkɑnfəˈskeɪʃən/.

What is another word for confiscation?

Close synonyms include arrogation. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is confiscation a common word?

confiscation is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with confiscation?

1 word rhymes with confiscation. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.