confiscated

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The appeals court had overturned a lower court ruling that four cruise lines had to pay millions of dollars in compensation for using the confiscated docks in Cuba.

From Barron's • May 21, 2026

That change in policy exposed “traffickers in confiscated property of United States nationals” to brings claims in federal courts, Thomas said.

From Los Angeles Times • May 21, 2026

“At that point, the docks were tainted as confiscated property,” Justice Clarence Thomas wrote in the majority opinion.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 21, 2026

In an effort to control his 19-year-old son, the father confiscated all of his hats.

From Science Daily • May 7, 2026

Why else leave it behind in Saint-Malo, if not in fear that it could be confiscated during his journey back?

From "All the Light We Cannot See" by Anthony Doerr