confiscated

verb

past tense of confiscate
as in seized
to take ownership or control of (something) by right of one's authority anything that might be used as a weapon will be confiscated by the security guards

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Recent Examples of confiscated Despite the freezing temperatures, agents confiscated the migrants’ coats and refused to give them blankets. — Francisco Cantú, New Yorker, 2 Nov. 2026 The roughly 3-inch pocket knife was confiscated by authorities, Manfre said. — Iris Kwok, Los Angeles Times, 29 Oct. 2026 Italian authorities had bolstered security forces in Milan with hundreds of military troops who conducted searches and confiscated baseball bats, fireworks and face masks from scores of protesters. — Jonny Hallam, CNN Money, 24 Oct. 2026 Authorities arrested 146 people and confiscated 43 firearms during the three-day operation. — Rosalio Ahumada, Sacbee.com, 22 Oct. 2026 Under Egyptian media law, the court may also order the outlet closed and its equipment confiscated. — ABC News, 22 Oct. 2026 Police confiscated the robot and two cell phones belonging to the suspects. — Escher Walcott, PEOPLE, 14 Oct. 2026 Englert also cites more confrontations with corrections officers and confiscated weapons. — Andy Sheehan, CBS News, 12 Oct. 2026 Those numbers include 759 false identification cards confiscated, 378 alcohol-possession-by-a-minor violations and 98 fake-ID citations during the calendar-year reporting period, according to Oxford Police. — Kelsie Cairns, FOXNews.com, 6 Oct. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for confiscated
  1. seized
  2. attached
  3. expropriated
  4. sequestered
Verb
  • The verdict came just three days after regulators seized Ueno Bank, cutting nearly 3 million customers off from their savings and bank cards and setting off a political crisis.
    — Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 7 Nov. 2026
  • The Digest Now that the Democratic Party has seized control of Congress, what does that mean for culture, including the debacle over the Smithsonian Institution, the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, and arts funding?
    — Devorah Lauter, ARTnews.com, 6 Nov. 2026
Definition of seized
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  • In a move designed to attract more voters, lawmakers attached language that would place a ban on gender-affirming care for minors in the Missouri Constitution.
    — Kacen Bayless, Kansas City Star, 4 Nov. 2026
  • The other two shows in the season have been decided and scheduled, with directors already attached to them, but can’t be officially announced yet due to contractual arrangements regarding the performance rights.
    — Christopher Arnott, Hartford Courant, 3 Nov. 2026
Definition of attached
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  • Chávez had ordered all of Venezuela’s ports to be expropriated.
    — Shirsho Dasgupta, Miami Herald, 27 May 2026
  • Gray says the project, revolving around an elderly woman seeking revenge on a foreign company that expropriated her land to build a luxury ski resort, offers international casting and co-producer angles but that the configuration will depend on Kawawada’s artistic vision.
    — Melanie Goodfellow, Deadline, 12 May 2026
Definition of expropriated
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  • Since it was sequestered, Tuscan taxpayers have paid more than $15 million for the skeleton crew, some of whom are British and others Russian, which switches out several times a year, according to local press reports.
    — Barbie Latza Nadeau, CNN Money, 1 Nov. 2026
  • For most of Oscar history, documentaries have been sequestered to the best documentary category.
    — Rebecca Ford, Vanity Fair, 28 Oct. 2026
Definition of sequestered

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“Confiscated.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/confiscated. Accessed 8 Nov. 2026.

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