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 Hana reported that plainclothes agents confiscated phones and electronic equipment and that Seyedabdollahi was subsequently held in solitary confinement and at an Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps intelligence detention facility in Isfahan. — Efrat Lachter, FOXNews.com, 15 Aug. 2026 Some areas remained inaccessible, and there were reports that donated relief supplies had been confiscated. — Antonio María Delgado, Miami Herald, 14 Aug. 2026 In the first half of this year, police reported seizing 80 tons of drugs, while in 2025 authorities confiscated nearly 215 tons, primarily cocaine. — CNN Money, 13 Aug. 2026 The family was released from CBP custody, but their cotton cargo was confiscated. — Kate Nishimura, Footwear News, 13 Aug. 2026 Upon his arrest, authorities confiscated a notebook prosecutors say belonged to Mangione and contained plans to kill Thompson. — Matt Lavietes, NBC news, 13 Aug. 2026 The car is believed to have been confiscated by German forces and shipped back to Berlin. — Howard Walker, Robb Report, 10 Aug. 2026 But Gale found an unlikely refuge in books that had been confiscated from the belongings of new members. — Carly Tagen-Dye, PEOPLE, 6 Aug. 2026 When Rivas Hernandez returned home later that month, her parents confiscated her phone. — Nancy Dillon, Rolling Stone, 5 Aug. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for confiscated
  1. seized
  2. attached
  3. expropriated
  4. sequestered
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  • Messi had a shot saved at the beginning of the second half, but Palacios then sparked a move from one side of the pitch to the other as Nashville restored its lead in the 49th minute and seized control of the game.
    — Dean Jones, New York Times, 16 Aug. 2026
  • Authorities have seized Walter’s cellphone and laptop, according to Bloomberg.
    — Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 16 Aug. 2026
Definition of seized
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  • Sensors made from the hydrogel could be attached to fingers, wrists, elbows and the throat to detect movement and pressure.
    — Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 18 Aug. 2026
  • The shooting took place at a school attached to Ateneo de Zamboanga University in the southern city of Zamboanga.
    — Reuters, NBC news, 18 Aug. 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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  • All officers involved have been sequestered and are cooperating, according to Ransom.
    — Sally Krutzig, Idaho Statesman, 23 July 2026
  • The Reddit thread full of allegations, previously sequestered to fantasy football chatrooms, spread on social media and broke into the mainstream.
    — Alex Andrejev, New York Times, 17 July 2026
Definition of sequestered

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