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It said forces had worked to remove the settlers from the house, separate the groups and confiscate vehicles "that were suspected of having been used to reach the area".

From Barron's ● Aug. 29, 2026

In February, Curtis was the first person to publicly announce Bianco planned to confiscate the ballots.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 26, 2026

In their book “Why Nations Fail,” Nobel Prize winners Daron Acemoglu and James Robinson wrote that “extractive” institutions concentrate power in the hands of an elite who then confiscate wealth from the rest of society.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 4, 2026

The Israeli army later said it had intervened to confiscate digging tools from the settlers and to avoid further tension.

From BBC ● May 10, 2026

“D’you think he knew the Ministry would confiscate his will and examine everything he’d left us?” asked Harry.

From "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows" by J.K. Rowling

It confiscates cellphones by the thousand and drones by the dozen.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 14, 2026

For every dollar of effort you put in, the system confiscates 70 to 100 cents,” he says.

From MarketWatch ● Nov. 24, 2025

When capos are arrested, the government confiscates whatever land is in their name and holds it in a byzantine bureaucracy.

From Seattle Times ● Jul. 29, 2021

The FBI comes back and confiscates the original devices, but not before Isaac made a copy of the hard drive.

From Fox News ● Oct. 15, 2020

To clothe the migrants, he circumvents Mexican Customs, which inspects cars and confiscates used clothing coming into the country, in what Padre Leo believes is an attempt to protect Mexican clothing manufacturers.

From "Enrique's Journey" by Sonia Nazario

According to the San Diego action, more than half of all ghost guns recovered in the U.S. are confiscated in California.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 10, 2026

The court previously heard that police confiscated electronic devices from Farasati, a barber, when he was stopped on 14 August last year.

From BBC ● Oct. 9, 2026

His Apple Watch was still linked to his iPhone, which hours earlier had been confiscated by the officers now sleeping next door.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 1, 2026

Klein similarly reported that her credential had been deactivated, while Politico said Haslett’s badge was confiscated.

From Salon ● Sep. 19, 2026

Some letters—both his and hers—were confiscated for some timid expression of affection.

From "Atonement" by Ian McEwan

The government, which launched a crackdown on waste crime last week, said it would do more to force criminals to pay for clean-up operations by confiscating their money and assets.

From BBC ● Aug. 27, 2026

Although he has tried to bolster state finances by raising Russia’s value-added tax and confiscating the wealth of certain oligarchs, he has shielded wartime spending from broader budget cuts.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 16, 2026

Since the National Rifle Association rebuked his statement about confiscating guns following the killing of Alex Pretti by federal officers in Minneapolis, Trump has been seen very little.

From Salon ● Feb. 13, 2026

Venezuela nationalized its oil industry in 1976, confiscating foreign assets, and again in 2007, impacting companies like Exxon.

From Barron's ● Jan. 18, 2026

I remembered Papa talking about Stalin confiscating peasants’ land, tools, and animals.

From "Between Shades of Gray" by Ruta Sepetys