confiscate
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Guards confiscated knives and other weapons from the prisoners. The teacher confiscated all cell phones for the duration of the field trip.Recent Examples on the Web: Verb
Starting in episode five, The Guard starts to rummage through people's houses to confiscate guns and discover that Dewey owns the same one that matches the bullets that killed Cassandra. — Tamara Fuentes, Seventeen, "Who Killed Cassandra on "The Society"?," 13 May 2019 After an investigation by the FBI office in Springfield, Illinois - near where Reinking lived at the time - state and local officials confiscated Reinking's guns and revoked his firearm license. — The Washington Post, AL.com, "Travis Reinking, Nashville Waffle House shooting suspect, still at large," 23 Apr. 2018 As a result, there have been instances of law enforcement confiscating CBD, fining companies that carry it, and even arresting individuals for possessing it.) . — Amber Senter, Marie Claire, "We Have to Acknowledge That CBD Use Is a Privilege," 11 Apr. 2019 As the investigation widened, state police asked students who had cellphones confiscated to get in touch. — Rebecca Reynolds Yonker, The Courier-Journal, "Former Kentucky high school principal sentenced to 9 years for child porn from student phone," 8 Feb. 2018 The 13-year-old boy had his phone confiscated for unrelated reasons, reports NOLA. — William Axford, Houston Chronicle, "Louisiana teacher arrested again after being accused of sending nude photos to students again," 11 Jan. 2018 Nonetheless, they are harassed by both the rebels and the government forces, who shake them down for bribes by confiscating equipment and jailing workers. — Peter Keough, BostonGlobe.com, "Gender-bending ballet, ground-breaking theater, and Burmese brothers," 31 May 2018 Saline police chief Jerrod Hart said management got a tip from an employee who had been made aware of the brownies’ purgative properties, and after confiscating the offending baked goods, contacted the authorities. — Madeleine Aggeler, The Cut, "Woman Baked Laxative-Filled Brownies for Co-worker’s Good-bye Party," 15 May 2018 Fast forward to 1998, detective Poole who is now firmly off the Biggie case, is assigned to another case in which a dirty cop has been accused of stealing confiscated cocaine from the evidence facility. — Scott Glaysher, Billboard, "'Unsolved: The Murders of Tupac and the Notorious B.I.G.' Episodes 5 & 6: Beef Intensifies Between Bad Boy and Death Row," 4 Apr. 2018These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'confiscate.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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Note: Illegal items such as narcotics or firearms, or profits from the sale of illegal items, may be confiscated by law enforcement officers. Additionally, government action that reduces the value of property to a person or entity as to make it nearly worthless has been held to constitute confiscation. Examples of such government action include the passage of zoning laws that prevent the use of land for its designated purpose and the setting of utility rates so low that the utility company cannot realize a reasonable return on its investment.
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