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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

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

In their book “Why Nations Fail,” Nobel Prize winners Daron Acemoglu and James Robinson wrote that “extractive” institutions concentrate power in the hands of an elite who then confiscate wealth from the rest of society.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 4, 2026

The ability to freeze, seize and confiscate money and assets derived from illegal activities is rooted in the Proceeds of Crime Act 2002.

From BBC ● Jun. 1, 2026

Though I was permitted to receive pictures and to keep the album, warders would often search my cell and confiscate pictures of Winnie.

From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela

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

To clothe the migrants, he circumvents Mexican Customs, which inspects cars and confiscates used clothing coming into the country, in what Padre Leo believes is an attempt to protect Mexican clothing manufacturers.

From "Enrique's Journey" by Sonia Nazario

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

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

From Barron's ● Oct. 7, 2026

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

From Salon ● Sep. 19, 2026

Prosecutors have also requested four of the brothers' luxury cars worth £710,000 are confiscated.

From BBC ● Sep. 5, 2026

“He may be the man who confiscated Frightful, but he’s not Leon.”

From "On the Far Side of the Mountain" by Jean Craighead George

Berlin city's government says confiscating the properties on these grounds would be the job of the Lichtenberg city district that takes in Karlshorst.

From Barron's ● Feb. 8, 2026

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.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 13, 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

I should think a person confiscating an endangered species would certainly have to show a person his authority to take the bird.

From "On the Far Side of the Mountain" by Jean Craighead George