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Pilots who have regularly flown from Dubai recounted strict searches through metal detectors that have led security staff to confiscate everything from selfie sticks to hair spray to cups of coffee.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 2, 2026

"This is an attack on my private ownership and my artist's work... if they confiscate it," he told AFP.

From Barron's ● Sep. 11, 2026

The lawsuit alleges that Sheriff Robert Luna failed to confiscate Giandomenico’s phone after learning of the photos and tried to conceal from Nancy Lemus that the images existed.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 19, 2026

The law doesn't allow the Crown to confiscate property or assets directly - it's an order for payment.

From BBC ● Jun. 2, 2026

“They confiscate our phones while we’re in the building.”

From "City Spies" by James Ponti

It confiscates cellphones by the thousand and drones by the dozen.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 14, 2026

For every dollar of effort you put in, the system confiscates 70 to 100 cents,” he says.

From MarketWatch ● Nov. 24, 2025

And he voted for a bill to strengthen a unique California program that confiscates guns from convicted felons who aren’t supposed to have them.

From Seattle Times ● Jul. 4, 2022

The FBI comes back and confiscates the original devices, but not before Isaac made a copy of the hard drive.

From Fox News ● Oct. 15, 2020

“Security confiscates all phones when you enter the building.”

From "City Spies" by James Ponti

What followed varied by country: street violence and official harassment in some, expulsion and confiscated property in others.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 22, 2026

Politico reported that one of its journalists had a credential confiscated by Secret Service.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 24, 2026

Klein similarly reported that her credential had been deactivated, while Politico said Haslett’s badge was confiscated.

From Salon ● Sep. 19, 2026

Before the face-off, security confiscated an egg Garcia had tucked into his pocket, potentially preventing a repeat of last year's incident when Chris Eubank Jr slapped Benn across the face with one.

From BBC ● Sep. 11, 2026

Come to think of it, she’d risked getting her phone confiscated.

From "Bye Forever, I Guess" by Jodi Meadows

The government, which launched a crackdown on waste crime last week, said it would do more to force criminals to pay for clean-up operations by confiscating their money and assets.

From BBC ● Aug. 27, 2026

But the answer isn’t confiscating the screen that replaced the world I grew up in.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 20, 2026

The school may use the dashboard to identify rule-breakers in the future, but for now, teachers and staff are simply confiscating phones on sight, he said.

From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 31, 2025

Following the natural disaster, local law enforcement was assigned the task of confiscating guns, many of which officers say were stolen or found in abandoned homes.

From Salon ● Dec. 30, 2025

They were confiscating the two vehicles registered under a prisoner’s name.

From "In the Time of the Butterflies" by Julia Alvarez