confiscation, arrogation
(noun) seizure by the government
Source: WordNet® 3.1
arrogation (countable and uncountable, plural arrogations)
(legal) The unjust assumption of rights or privilege.
• abandonment
Source: Wiktionary
Ar`ro*ga"tion, n. Etym: [L. arrogatio, fr. arrogare. Cf. Adrogation.]
1. The act of arrogating, or making exorbitant claims; the act of taking more than one is justly entitled to. Hall.
2. (Civ. Law)
Definition: Adoption of a person of full age.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
17 June 2025
(adjective) having deserted a cause or principle; “some provinces had proved recreant”; “renegade supporters of the usurper”
The earliest credible evidence of coffee-drinking as the modern beverage appeared in modern-day Yemen. In the middle of the 15th century in Sufi shrines where coffee seeds were first roasted and brewed for drinking. The Yemenis procured the coffee beans from the Ethiopian Highlands.
