as in attaching
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 confiscating
Witnesses claimed that after France’s embarrassing loss to Haiti, the French government retaliated by confiscating Ferdinand’s belongings and abandoning the child to an orphanage.
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Marlene L. Daut
september 22, Literary Hub, 22 Sep. 2025
Even confiscating half would barely register against a $6 trillion federal budget.
—Sally Pipes, Forbes.com, 17 Sep. 2025
Additionally, Bobby is part of a human trafficking scheme with Tony Curran, bringing in workers from Eastern Europe and confiscating their passports.
—EW.com, 28 Aug. 2025
If, for example, the EU speeds up delivery of ammunition and drones from existing stock and extends a financial lifeline to Kyiv by confiscating the $250 billion worth of frozen Russian assets sitting in its banks, the Kremlin may not achieve its strategic goal of Ukraine’s subjugation.
—Alexander Gabuev, Foreign Affairs, 26 Aug. 2025
Marlene L. Daut
september 22, Literary Hub, 22 Sep. 2025
Even confiscating half would barely register against a $6 trillion federal budget.
—Sally Pipes, Forbes.com, 17 Sep. 2025
Additionally, Bobby is part of a human trafficking scheme with Tony Curran, bringing in workers from Eastern Europe and confiscating their passports.
—EW.com, 28 Aug. 2025
If, for example, the EU speeds up delivery of ammunition and drones from existing stock and extends a financial lifeline to Kyiv by confiscating the $250 billion worth of frozen Russian assets sitting in its banks, the Kremlin may not achieve its strategic goal of Ukraine’s subjugation.
—Alexander Gabuev, Foreign Affairs, 26 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for confiscating
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The book is divided into three sections, and each one begins with a character or characters finding a new house, and attaching so much hope to it.—
Jennifer Wilson,
New Yorker,
28 Sep. 2025
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While the specs on this unit list knots as pre-bleached—the tiny dots attaching each strand to the lace, designed to mimic a natural scalp—they’re actually still pretty dark and visible.—
Noel Cymone Walker,
StyleCaster,
25 Sep. 2025
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Metropolitan Police officers are also said to have raided Clarke’s home, seizing items including laptops and documents.—
Jake Kanter,
Deadline,
26 Sep. 2025
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Governments worldwide are already seizing the opportunity to attract skilled workers to their countries.—
Priyanka Salve,
CNBC,
25 Sep. 2025
Verb
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The Amazon forest will be a major focus of the upcoming United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP30), held in Belém, Brazil in November - particularly the crucial role of the forest for sequestering and storing carbon and contributing to climate mitigation.—
Jeff Opperman,
Forbes.com,
18 Sep. 2025
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Wells for disposing of brine produced by desalination and for sequestering carbon captured from the air could become important additions to this list in the future, according to experts and officials.—
Austin Corona,
AZCentral.com,
15 Sep. 2025
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“Confiscating.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/confiscating. Accessed 4 Oct. 2025.
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