Thesaurus results for CONFISCATION

confiscation

noun

as in expropriation

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Recent Examples of confiscation The taskforce was originally launched in Houston on October 1, 2025, and the operation led to the arrest of more than 700 repeat offenders who were high-threat criminals and gang members, as well as the confiscation of more than 200,000 doses of fentanyl. —

Mateo Rosiles, USA Today, 14 May 2026 In September 1960, Fidel Castro’s government published a decree ordering the confiscation of all of it without compensation. —

Nora Gámez Torres, Miami Herald, 13 May 2026 While the peace treaty prevented further confiscation of loyalist property, his property was not restored. —

Kimberly Nath, The Conversation, 7 May 2026 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 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 Students caught wind of the confiscation and quickly rallied a sizable protest outside the school. —

Christopher Borrelli, Chicago Tribune, 4 Mar. 2026

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Malema heads the Economic Freedom Fighters, which advocates for the expropriation of mines, banks and land, and is notorious for starting brawls in parliament.

— Jonathan Tirone, Bloomberg, 16 Apr. 2026
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