Definition of Confiscatory. Meaning of Confiscatory. Synonyms of Confiscatory

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Definition of Confiscatory

Confiscatory
Confiscatory Con*fis"ca*to*ry, a. Effecting confiscation; characterized by confiscations. ``Confiscatory and exterminatory periods.' --Burke.

Meaning of Confiscatory from wikipedia

- shortage of food, and what food was available was being sold at nearly confiscatory prices. Mussolini's once-ubiquitous propaganda machine lost its grip...
- minted in 1957 and used until the currency reform of 1965. In 1965, a confiscatory monetary form was carried out at a rate of 10:1. Aluminium coins (dated...
- "****ders" and "exchange speculators" as responsible for the shortages, and confiscatory measures were taken. In 1931, the remaining silver coins were replaced...
- boom had ended, explicitly anti-foreign and racist attacks, laws and confiscatory taxes sought to drive out foreigners—in addition to Native Americans—from...
- rising rates of inequality on the American middle-class being "taxed at a confiscatory rate." Limbaugh expressed anti-LGBT views and viewed homo****ual ****ual...
- collusion between Israel and the Imam of Yemen who "profited hugely from confiscatory taxes levied on the Jewish community" led to a botched operation in which...
- metropolis rose. This culminated in the creation of the derrama, a heavily confiscatory tribute that, in turn, further stirred seditious sentiments. Influenced...
- Christians for Christian Civilization, for example, advocated scuttling the "confiscatory and anti-Christian" agrarian reform laws. In 1986 the Catholic Church...
- 1947 resulted in another round of devaluation (1 for 10) and related confiscatory measures. In 1959, the consolidation of the specialized long-term credit...
- voters' rejection of the welfare state and of the tax system, both deemed "confiscatory"; the rise of xenophobia against the backdrop of immigration which, because...