confiscation
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This holds out a troubling prospect: Either AI progress will stop as investors abandon it, or progress will be funded by government, the only user allowed access to cutting-edge models—essentially confiscation by other means.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 16, 2026
However, this money would be paid to the state if Murrell is served a confiscation order.
From BBC ● Jun. 4, 2026
"Those who use property tainted by a past confiscation," Thomas said, are "liable to any United States national who owns a claim to that property."
From Barron's ● May 21, 2026
However - referring to the confiscation orders totalling £2.9m - the CPS added that it was "only able to obtain assets which are available at the time".
From BBC ● May 18, 2026
It was understandable; he risked the confiscation of his property by sheltering us.
From "The Left Hand of Darkness" by Ursula K. Le Guin
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