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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 The following day, all three outlets reported that their journalists had been denied access to the White House grounds, with MS NOW and Politico claiming press passes had been confiscated. — Adam England, PEOPLE, 21 Sep. 2026 Soon after, Politico said its White House reporter Cheyenne Haslett was also denied entry and had her badge confiscated. — Arkansas Online, 20 Sep. 2026 Both networks announced this morning that their journalists were denied access and their White House press badges confiscated. — Greg Evans, Deadline, 19 Sep. 2026 The New York Times reports that journalists from these outlets had their badges confiscated. — Alejandra Gularte, Vulture, 19 Sep. 2026 Politico said its White House reporter Cheyenne Haslett was also denied entry to the White House and had her badge confiscated. — ABC News, 19 Sep. 2026 So far this year, Suffolk Police confiscated more than 200 e-bikes not street legal in the county. — Carolyn Gusoff, CBS News, 17 Sep. 2026 Additional devices were reportedly confiscated at James' home, officials said. — Bonny Chu, FOXNews.com, 4 Sep. 2026 One order prevented federal agents from moving detainees out of state within seventy-two hours of being arrested; another demanded that the government return confiscated belongings to released detainees. — Emily Witt, New Yorker, 31 Aug. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for confiscated
  1. seized
  2. attached
  3. expropriated
  4. sequestered
Verb
  • The conflict began on Wednesday when Tigrayan forces and their allies seized three local airports and launched attacks against federal troops in Afar and Amhara.
    — Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 26 Sep. 2026
  • Democrats have seized on the issue as another way to tie Republican candidates to Trump’s policies, something that analysts said may have varying degrees of success in different swing states.
    — Justine McDaniel, Los Angeles Times, 25 Sep. 2026
Definition of seized
Verb
  • Heifetz said that the sensors would be attached to mechanical support structures rather than placed directly inside the channels.
    — Georgina Jedikovska, Interesting Engineering, 22 Sep. 2026
  • The strategy moves Peloton further away from simply being a screen attached to a piece of exercise equipment.
    — Brandon Gomez, CNBC, 22 Sep. 2026
Definition of attached
Verb
  • 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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  • Once sequestered, jurors are not allowed any contact with the outside world and - unlike in many US jurisdictions - their deliberations must remain confidential.
    — Chris Lau, CNN Money, 21 Sep. 2026
  • The money was nominally to pay civil servants and prop up infrastructure in a territory sequestered by an Israeli blockade, but many observers agreed that Hamas diverted a significant sum to its military wing.
    — Ruth Margalit, New Yorker, 19 Sep. 2026
Definition of sequestered

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“Confiscated.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/confiscated. Accessed 27 Sep. 2026.

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