as in to seize
to take ownership or control of (something) by right of one's authority
anything that might be used as a weapon will be confiscated by the security guards
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Recent Examples of confiscate
In November, 2015, Turkish authorities confiscated nearly eleven million tablets hidden inside a shipment of oil filters headed for the Gulf.
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Ed Caesar, The New Yorker, 4 Nov. 2024
Texas Department of Public Safety (DPS) troopers confiscated more than 175 pounds of the drug during a traffic stop involving a Dodge Ram pickup on IH-35 in Webb Country.
—David Faris, Newsweek, 4 Nov. 2024
Two days before, the New York Department of Environmental Conservation confiscated Peanut from his home in Pine City, New York.
—Greta Cross, USA TODAY, 4 Nov. 2024
During the 60-day period, the Lebanese army would also dismantle and confiscate all non-state military infrastructure in southern Lebanon.
—Barak Ravid, Axios, 30 Oct. 2024
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Ed Caesar, The New Yorker, 4 Nov. 2024
Texas Department of Public Safety (DPS) troopers confiscated more than 175 pounds of the drug during a traffic stop involving a Dodge Ram pickup on IH-35 in Webb Country.
—David Faris, Newsweek, 4 Nov. 2024
Two days before, the New York Department of Environmental Conservation confiscated Peanut from his home in Pine City, New York.
—Greta Cross, USA TODAY, 4 Nov. 2024
During the 60-day period, the Lebanese army would also dismantle and confiscate all non-state military infrastructure in southern Lebanon.
—Barak Ravid, Axios, 30 Oct. 2024
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“Confiscate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/confiscate. Accessed 3 Dec. 2024.
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