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confiscatory

[ kuhn-fis-kuh-tawr-ee, -tohr-ee ]

adjective

  1. characterized by, effecting, or resulting in confiscation.


confiscatory

/ kənˈfɪskətərɪ; -trɪ /

adjective

  1. involving confiscation
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Other yvlog Forms

  • ܲcDz·ھc·ٴr adjective
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yvlog History and Origins

Origin of confiscatory1

First recorded in 1790–1800; confiscate + -ory 1
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Example Sentences

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They argue it is confiscatory and violates the regional government's autonomy, according to a lawyer's draft for the appeal seen by Reuters.

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Vox based its motion on allegations that the government had sided with Catalan and Basque separatists who supported its policies in parliament in exchange for concessions, "wrong and confiscatory" economic and fiscal policy and other accusations.

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My natural reaction to such events is to support federal policies bordering on the confiscatory.

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Scaife recalled in his memoir, a copy of which is kept at the Library of Congress, that he was never told exactly why the trusts had been set up but he always assumed his mother was seeking legal tax avoidance in anticipation of the "confiscatory" tax policies of the New Deal.

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He dissented when the D.C. appellate court upheld the constitutionality of a rent control law, calling it “confiscatory for landlords,” and he supported giving judges increased authority to impose stiff sentences on juvenile offenders.

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