confiscation
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The Danish artist behind "Pillar of Shame", Jens Galschiot, called the outcome of the trial and the statue's potential confiscation "outrageous".
From Barron's ● Sep. 11, 2026
The figures cover those larger illegal sites for which the Environment Agency is responsible, and do not include confiscation orders for smaller fly-tipping offences, which fall under the remit of local authorities.
From BBC ● Aug. 27, 2026
Gold, he wrote, protects citizens from the confiscation of wealth through inflation.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 10, 2026
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
I really should get back and tell her; she is the one who will be affected the most by Frightful’s confiscation.
From "On the Far Side of the Mountain" by Jean Craighead George
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