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
That same year, his Brazilian and Spanish passports were confiscated due to the unpaid fines and taxes, per ESPN.
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Nasha Smith, PEOPLE, 18 Apr. 2026
Officers also confiscated a knife that is believed to have been used in the altercation.
—Paula Wethington, CBS News, 18 Apr. 2026
The group also confiscated more than 90 firearms and rescued six human trafficking victims.
—Clifford Ward, Chicago Tribune, 17 Apr. 2026
The results of a medical examination into Robinson’s death are pending, police said, and McCann’s passport has been confiscated amid the probe.
—Deena Zaru, ABC News, 15 Apr. 2026
Kir’s mayoral tenure was during the aftermath of World War II and, like a lot of great things, the Kir cocktail was born out of necessity; most of the region’s red wines had been confiscated by the Germans.
—Jerry & Krista Slater, AJC.com, 12 Apr. 2026
Most of them were confiscated by the Nazis in 1938, but one group of items escaped—a collection of two hundred and sixty-four small Japanese figurines, known as netsuke.
—The New Yorker, New Yorker, 8 Apr. 2026
So at some moment there’d be a knock on the door and their guns would be confiscated.
—ArsTechnica, 8 Apr. 2026
Borzou Arjmand, an Iranian actor living in California, found out from news reports that his assets in Iran had been confiscated.
—Amir-Hussein Radjy, Los Angeles Times, 5 Apr. 2026
Nasha Smith, PEOPLE, 18 Apr. 2026
Officers also confiscated a knife that is believed to have been used in the altercation.
—Paula Wethington, CBS News, 18 Apr. 2026
The group also confiscated more than 90 firearms and rescued six human trafficking victims.
—Clifford Ward, Chicago Tribune, 17 Apr. 2026
The results of a medical examination into Robinson’s death are pending, police said, and McCann’s passport has been confiscated amid the probe.
—Deena Zaru, ABC News, 15 Apr. 2026
Kir’s mayoral tenure was during the aftermath of World War II and, like a lot of great things, the Kir cocktail was born out of necessity; most of the region’s red wines had been confiscated by the Germans.
—Jerry & Krista Slater, AJC.com, 12 Apr. 2026
Most of them were confiscated by the Nazis in 1938, but one group of items escaped—a collection of two hundred and sixty-four small Japanese figurines, known as netsuke.
—The New Yorker, New Yorker, 8 Apr. 2026
So at some moment there’d be a knock on the door and their guns would be confiscated.
—ArsTechnica, 8 Apr. 2026
Borzou Arjmand, an Iranian actor living in California, found out from news reports that his assets in Iran had been confiscated.
—Amir-Hussein Radjy, Los Angeles Times, 5 Apr. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for confiscated
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Authorities also seized multiple weapons, ammunition and explosive devices, the military said.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
24 Apr. 2026
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Some vessels with links to Iran made attempts to move through the strait, but others are staying away after Iran attacked three ships with gunfire earlier this week and seized two more.—
NPR Staff,
NPR,
24 Apr. 2026
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Neuroscientists have mainly characterized them in brain slices, where neurons are alive and can be activated but aren’t attached to a living animal.—
Yasemin Saplakoglu,
Quanta Magazine,
24 Apr. 2026
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In a video demonstrating their technology, robots with a single arm attached to a base watch as a human instructor tosses a ball into a small container.—
Katia Riddle,
NPR,
24 Apr. 2026
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All were expropriated and razed to the ground.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
18 Apr. 2026
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That single word can send a chill down the spine of any entrepreneur in Miami, where there are descendants of so many families whose businesses were confiscated by Castro revolution, including small businesses expropriated in 1968.—
Sarah Moreno
Updated March 24,
Miami Herald,
24 Mar. 2026
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For years, he has been sequestered in their house, ranting, raving and writing nonsensical math equations in hundreds of notebooks.—
Aramide Tinubu,
Variety,
17 Apr. 2026
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The newest kid on the block, Garden District Hotel, is sequestered on a quiet corner of Prytania Street.—
Travel + Leisure Editors,
Travel + Leisure,
15 Apr. 2026
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