as in attaches
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 confiscates
The children designated as Palestinians, meanwhile, have their drawings torn up and are relegated to small corners of the classroom while the teacher confiscates their candy.
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Robert Schmad, The Washington Examiner, 26 Nov. 2025
Milwaukee Marshall High School confiscates a student’s phone until the end of the day for a first offense, requires a parent pickup after a second offense and issues an automatic suspension for repeat violations.
—Kayla Huynh, jsonline.com, 5 Nov. 2025
Robert Schmad, The Washington Examiner, 26 Nov. 2025
Milwaukee Marshall High School confiscates a student’s phone until the end of the day for a first offense, requires a parent pickup after a second offense and issues an automatic suspension for repeat violations.
—Kayla Huynh, jsonline.com, 5 Nov. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for confiscates
Verb
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The device attaches to a patient’s finger and is used during surgery to measure oxygen in the blood.—
Martha Ross,
Mercury News,
28 May 2026
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This accessory attaches to the end of a pistol, making shooting more accurate and allowing users to fire the gun like a rifle.—
Jaclyn Diaz,
NPR,
20 May 2026
Verb
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Ellie brings up the salad and seizes the opportunity to take credit for her part in making lunch.—
Rafaela Bassili,
Vulture,
26 May 2026
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While Linda seizes, Bradley makes a break for it on a makeshift raft.—
Brianna Zigler,
Entertainment Weekly,
21 May 2026
Verb
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Without those nutrients, there would be no rainforest, which produces a quarter of the world’s oxygen and sequesters carbon dioxide.—
Sheryl De Vore,
Chicago Tribune,
16 Mar. 2026
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According to the researchers, producing a single cubic meter of ESM sequesters more than 6 kilograms of CO2.—
Neetika Walter,
Interesting Engineering,
5 Dec. 2025
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“Confiscates.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/confiscates. Accessed 5 Jun. 2026.
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