confiscate

Example Sentences

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School staff now confiscate homemade baked goods and suspicious candy.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 5, 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

"I am pressing government for action, including new powers for the police to stop anyone under 18 carrying a catapult without good reason and to confiscate it," he said.

From BBC • Oct. 7, 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

“Since we cannot confirm that this is merely food, we will confiscate this package.”

From "Finding Junie Kim" by Ellen Oh