confiscate
Example Sentences
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Natanson endured an early morning raid with federal agents performing a physical search of her home and confiscating her personal devices.
From Salon
A senior official in his party, Nkunyingi Muwada, told AFP that "security personnel in black attire scaled the wall" of Wine's residence and confiscated their phones.
From Barron's
Over the weekend, authorities began searching for and confiscating Starlink dishes in western Tehran, said Amir Rashidi, director of digital rights and security at Miaan Group, a U.S. nonprofit opposed to internet censorship.
Police confiscated five cars and 42 mobile phones during the operation and froze 125 accounts at 16 banks.
From Barron's
Figures obtained by the BBC show more than 57 million doses of unauthorised medication have been confiscated in the UK by government agencies in the last five years.
From BBC
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