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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

School staff now confiscate homemade baked goods and suspicious candy.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 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

They sent staff members into Studio One to confiscate all scripts of the radio play.

From "Spooked!" by Gail Jarrow

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

Anyway, let’s discuss everything else happening in the golf world before someone confiscates my computer.

From Golf Digest ● May 14, 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

“Several weeks after staff confiscated his shoes, he had an appointment with a doctor at California City,” it continues.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 1, 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

Working in civilian clothes he has confiscated tons of sugar and then watched it disappear from the warehouses, as if through a funnel he is sure leads back into the street.

From "Farewell to Manzanar" by Jeanne Houston

Across the country, government agents have been losing government documents, personal effects, medical devices, and other belongings after confiscating them, effectively turning released immigrants into legal non-persons.

From Salon ● Mar. 4, 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

The government shut down the church, confiscating its property.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 23, 2025

I should think a person confiscating an endangered species would certainly have to show a person his authority to take the bird.

From "On the Far Side of the Mountain" by Jean Craighead George