Thesaurus results for CONFISCATION

confiscation

noun

as in expropriation

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Recent Examples of confiscation While Castro’s rule saw an expansion of access to education and health care, alongside those gains came political repression and the confiscation and nationalization of private land, businesses, and homes, prompting millions of Cubans to flee. —

The Week Us, TheWeek, 20 Apr. 2026 Earlier this year, officials began enforcing a nationwide ban on electronic cigarettes, with penalties that can include confiscation, fines and even detention. —

Kelly McGreal, FOXNews.com, 7 Apr. 2026 Changing laws and confiscation Attorney Laritza Diversent pointed to the frequent amendments to Cuban laws as a major warning sign for investors. —

Sarah Moreno updated March 24, Miami Herald, 24 Mar. 2026 Aboriginal groups, little affected by the early settlements and transient explorers, were devastated by the wholesale confiscation of their lands for stock leases. —

Britannica Editors, Encyclopedia Britannica, 19 Mar. 2026 Over the decades there have been many reports of abuse endured by migrant workers in the region, including passport confiscation, wage theft and violence — including torture and death. —

Ashley Westerman, NPR, 17 Mar. 2026 And the more attention brought to the box via media interviews means more scrutiny may be placed on it, risking its confiscation by city authorities. —

Todd Martens, Los Angeles Times, 4 Mar. 2026 Students caught wind of the confiscation and quickly rallied a sizable protest outside the school. —

Christopher Borrelli, Chicago Tribune, 4 Mar. 2026 New e-bike regulations to prohibit riders younger than 12, ban e-bikes at two community parks, and allow the temporary confiscation of reckless riders’ machines were introduced last week in Carlsbad. —

Phil Diehl, San Diego Union-Tribune, 15 Feb. 2026

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Conoco will not invest until there is way to recover some of the $12 billion that Venezuela owes the company from the expropriation of its assets, CEO Ryan Lance said Tuesday.

— Spencer Kimball, CNBC, 24 Mar. 2026
Uncompensated seizure under the land-expropriation law can only be pursued under narrow circumstances—when land is unused or has been abandoned, for example—and the program seemingly has yet to seize any property.

— Boyce Upholt, New Yorker, 14 Mar. 2026