confiscate

Example Sentences

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The phones are on silent or switched off, and if they are heard or seen they are confiscated.

From BBC

Lightly used Preludes provided the canvas upon which a generation of street-performance masterpieces were painted just before being confiscated.

From The Wall Street Journal

Two officials at Santa Anita confirmed that representatives of the state Department of Justice removed the betting machines that were installed on Wednesday and have been confiscated and removed from the track.

From Los Angeles Times

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