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The lawsuit alleges that Sheriff Robert Luna failed to confiscate Giandomenico’s phone after learning of the photos and tried to conceal from Nancy Lemus that the images existed.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 19, 2026

"The market inspectors would come with camera crews, they'd confiscate goods from some shops, and then things gradually returned to normal."

From BBC ● Jul. 5, 2026

The monitors also tried to confiscate four power banks and chargers.

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 19, 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

If Grandpa was a landlord, they could confiscate all his things.

From "Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution" by Ji-li Jiang

For every dollar of effort you put in, the system confiscates 70 to 100 cents,” he says.

From MarketWatch ● Nov. 24, 2025

When capos are arrested, the government confiscates whatever land is in their name and holds it in a byzantine bureaucracy.

From Seattle Times ● Jul. 29, 2021

The FBI comes back and confiscates the original devices, but not before Isaac made a copy of the hard drive.

From Fox News ● Oct. 15, 2020

The only excitement in this over comes when a steward confiscates a giant inflatable watermelon, only for Jofra Archer to nick it off him and return it to the crowd, who chant “Arise Sir Jofra”.

From The Guardian ● Aug. 23, 2019

The captain, however, has been watching, and when the parrot flaps off very self-satisfied, he confiscates my pencil and pad.

From "Challenger Deep" by Neal Shusterman

Long-term bonds became known, jocularly, as “certificates of confiscation”: Owning them entitled you to have some of your money confiscated by the government every year.

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 23, 2026

The cops towed my mother’s car into an impound lot, and I was sure they’d found and confiscated the fireworks.

From Salon ● Jul. 3, 2026

"As surfers, we treat these boards like great treasures to us, because losing any board or having it confiscated threatens our ability to continue in this sport," he said.

From Barron's ● Jun. 22, 2026

On returning to London four years later, customs officers confiscated Hockney's magazines.

From BBC ● Jun. 12, 2026

Now it belongs to the Germans, confiscated for their Fatherland.

From "The Light in Hidden Places" by Sharon Cameron

The authorities are confiscating families’ properties, or setting such high bail for arrested family members that people are forced to sell their possessions, she said.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 22, 2026

Venezuela nationalized its oil industry in 1976, confiscating foreign assets, and again in 2007, impacting companies like Exxon.

From Barron's ● Jan. 18, 2026

The school may use the dashboard to identify rule-breakers in the future, but for now, teachers and staff are simply confiscating phones on sight, he said.

From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 31, 2025

Following the natural disaster, local law enforcement was assigned the task of confiscating guns, many of which officers say were stolen or found in abandoned homes.

From Salon ● Dec. 30, 2025

She’d taken the plans from Sela as if she were confiscating acorns from a baby mouse.

From "Redwall" by Brian Jacques