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Recent Examples of confiscation
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.
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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
Zamora Yrala was also barred from serving as a company director for eight years and faces confiscation proceedings aimed at compensating affected companies.
—Stephen Sorace, FOXNews.com, 24 Feb. 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
The city says the next step would be to tighten the law using confiscation.
—Kayla Moeller, CBS News, 7 Feb. 2026
Belgian Prime Minister Bart De Wever, a skeptic of direct confiscation and fearful of legal action from the Kremlin, reiterated that any such disposition must comply with international law.
—Katya Soldak, Forbes.com, 23 Jan. 2026
Neither this fireworks explosion, nor the confiscation of Devastating Pyrotechnics fireworks at a Southern California warehouse last May, prompted the state’s fire agency to investigate Devastating Pyrotechnics before the fatal blast in Esparto on July 1, 2025.
—Joe Rubin, Sacbee.com, 13 Jan. 2026
By the early 20th century, after several centuries of rape, disease, enslavement, and land confiscation by colonizers, rubber barons, and loggers, their numbers had been reduced to 300.
—Stanley Stewart, Travel + Leisure, 10 Jan. 2026
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
Zamora Yrala was also barred from serving as a company director for eight years and faces confiscation proceedings aimed at compensating affected companies.
—Stephen Sorace, FOXNews.com, 24 Feb. 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
The city says the next step would be to tighten the law using confiscation.
—Kayla Moeller, CBS News, 7 Feb. 2026
Belgian Prime Minister Bart De Wever, a skeptic of direct confiscation and fearful of legal action from the Kremlin, reiterated that any such disposition must comply with international law.
—Katya Soldak, Forbes.com, 23 Jan. 2026
Neither this fireworks explosion, nor the confiscation of Devastating Pyrotechnics fireworks at a Southern California warehouse last May, prompted the state’s fire agency to investigate Devastating Pyrotechnics before the fatal blast in Esparto on July 1, 2025.
—Joe Rubin, Sacbee.com, 13 Jan. 2026
By the early 20th century, after several centuries of rape, disease, enslavement, and land confiscation by colonizers, rubber barons, and loggers, their numbers had been reduced to 300.
—Stanley Stewart, Travel + Leisure, 10 Jan. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for confiscation
Noun
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Palmer Luckey, same thing—equating property expropriation with democracy.—
Matteo Wong,
The Atlantic,
3 Mar. 2026
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Books permit these corporations—many of them whose foundations are tied to European colonialism and the history of expropriation and looting—to be authors in the telling of history and culture.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
23 Feb. 2026
Noun
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The council will consider the project’s zoning, rear yard coverage and annexation requests at a future meeting.—
Marie Wilson,
Chicago Tribune,
5 Mar. 2026
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The board approved first reading of the annexation along with a preliminary development plan and a conditional use permit to allow triplex buildings at its Tuesday night meeting.—
Jenna Ebbers,
Kansas City Star,
4 Mar. 2026
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Shocking footage showed the moment a suspect opened fire while chasing a man during a car repossession in Manor, Texas.—
Alexandra Koch,
FOXNews.com,
17 Feb. 2026
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Even if the borrowers offer collateral, say real property like with a mortgage, the repossession or foreclosure process could take more time than the bank has to meet its depositors’ demand.—
Edward Lotterman,
Twin Cities,
15 Feb. 2026
Noun
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That affidavit supporting that seizure relied on debunked claims.—
Benjamin Swasey,
NPR,
9 Mar. 2026
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At least 20 incidents were reported as seizures, including some that resulted in head trauma.—
Morgan Lee,
Los Angeles Times,
8 Mar. 2026
Noun
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The city said in its release Central Iowa Towing and Recovery in its bid crossed out a requirement that the contractor provide notice by mail of the impoundment to the owner of the vehicle within 72 hours and wrote instead 20 days.—
Lee Rood,
Des Moines Register,
20 Feb. 2026
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Utility owners historically have buried the ash in impoundments or ponds.—
Karl Schneider,
IndyStar,
17 Feb. 2026
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The Court’s usurpation runs deeper than the invalidation of statutes with a liberal cast, though there has been plenty of that.—
Duncan Hosie,
The Atlantic,
13 Jan. 2026
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As Isaac told it, his kingdom’s history is rife with treachery, usurpation, and murder.—
Jon Lee Anderson,
New Yorker,
24 Nov. 2025
Noun
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Morath announced a state takeover of Fort Worth ISD last year after a single campus in the district, Leadership Academy at Forest Oak Sixth Grade Center, received five consecutive failure ratings in the state’s A-F accountability scores.—
Silas Allen,
Dallas Morning News,
4 Mar. 2026
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Morath confirmed the takeover decision in October, and a panel of state administrative law judges ruled against Fort Worth ISD last month in the school district’s final appeal.—
Lina Ruiz,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
4 Mar. 2026
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The bill would have required a carbon storage operator to receive approval from a county legislative body or plan commission if the sequestration project would transport or store carbon dioxide outside the county where it’s generated.—
Alexandra Kukulka,
Chicago Tribune,
2 Mar. 2026
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Landowners in opposition of the project, many of them from Shelby County, plan to lobby Tuesday against the sequestration pipeline at the Iowa State Capitol.—
Cami Koons,
Des Moines Register,
14 Jan. 2026
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“Confiscation.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/confiscation. Accessed 11 Mar. 2026.
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