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"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

In a podcast, Mansour spoke about how in the 1970s and 1980s soldiers would confiscate posters and postcards, arresting the sellers.

From BBC ● Aug. 26, 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

England acquired such institutions with the Glorious Revolution of 1688-89 after which the king could no longer suspend laws, raise taxes without the consent of Parliament, or arbitrarily confiscate private property.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 4, 2026

“D’you think he knew the Ministry would confiscate his will and examine everything he’d left us?” asked Harry.

From "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows" by J.K. Rowling

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

When capos are arrested, the government confiscates whatever land is in their name and holds it in a byzantine bureaucracy.

From Seattle Times ● Jul. 29, 2021

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

The captain, however, has been watching, and when the parrot flaps off very self-satisfied, he confiscates my pencil and pad.

From "Challenger Deep" by Neal Shusterman

According to the San Diego action, more than half of all ghost guns recovered in the U.S. are confiscated in California.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 10, 2026

Jara, an activist who only gave her Christian name, said police confiscated her placard.

From Barron's ● Oct. 7, 2026

Jonathan Greenberger, Politico’s global editor in chief, said in an email to staff Saturday that members of the Secret Service confiscated the pass of Cheyenne Haslett, a White House reporter for the outlet.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 19, 2026

An MS NOW reporter and a photographer tried entering the White House grounds on Saturday morning, but their badges would not scan and an officer confiscated them, the outlet reported.

From BBC ● Sep. 19, 2026

“Still...a pretty impressive try. I’ve heard legends that the Romans confiscated the writings of Archimedes, but—” “Archimedes?”

From "The Mark of Athena" by Rick Riordan

Lore Segal was 10 years old in 1938 when Nazi Germany annexed Austria and began the process of annulling the citizenships and confiscating the properties of Jewish families such as her own.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 18, 2026

Across the country, government agents have been losing government documents, personal effects, medical devices, and other belongings after confiscating them, effectively turning released immigrants into legal non-persons.

From Salon ● Mar. 4, 2026

Venezuela nationalized its oil industry in 1976, confiscating foreign assets, and again in 2007, impacting companies like Exxon.

From Barron's ● Jan. 18, 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

“Which I will be confiscating, by the way. Security is going to be tighter than ever now. This place will be Fort Knox.”

From "Internment" by Samira Ahmed