confiscate

Example Sentences

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The monitors also tried to confiscate four power banks and chargers.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 19, 2026

At this point, the most responsible thing Attorney General Pam Bondi could do is confiscate the department’s television remotes and log everyone out of their social media accounts.

From Salon • Feb. 6, 2026

At Kettlethorpe High School in Wakefield, the approach taken by staff remains to ask children to keep phones in their bags and confiscate them if the rule is broken.

From BBC • Dec. 10, 2025

Maine currently has a “yellow flag” law that gives authorities a way to confiscate guns from a person who’s dangerous or suicidal.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 2, 2025

They sent staff members into Studio One to confiscate all scripts of the radio play.

From "Spooked!" by Gail Jarrow