confiscate

Example Sentences

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A district judge in Llandudno earlier approved a forfeiture application by North Wales Police to confiscate the contents of his bank accounts.

From BBC • Mar. 18, 2026

At this point, the most responsible thing Attorney General Pam Bondi could do is confiscate the department’s television remotes and log everyone out of their social media accounts.

From Salon • Feb. 6, 2026

Belgium’s government fears Moscow could formally confiscate assets of Belgian companies that have been trapped in Russia since 2022.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 15, 2025

Youssef framed the evening as an exercise in collective healing—an experiment in what happens when you confiscate phones, sprinkle in jokes about anxiety and war, and then dare an audience to choose hope anyway.

From Slate • Jun. 30, 2025

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