confiscate

Example Sentences

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At this point, the most responsible thing Attorney General Pam Bondi could do is confiscate the department’s television remotes and log everyone out of their social media accounts.

From Salon • Feb. 6, 2026

Maine currently has a “yellow flag” law that gives authorities a way to confiscate guns from a person who’s dangerous or suicidal.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 2, 2025

Youssef framed the evening as an exercise in collective healing—an experiment in what happens when you confiscate phones, sprinkle in jokes about anxiety and war, and then dare an audience to choose hope anyway.

From Slate • Jun. 30, 2025

The son told the neighbor that they had been trying for years to get police to confiscate Vaughn’s weapons.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 31, 2025

“You should have, but since you didn’t, I won’t arrest you. But I will have to confiscate the bird.”

From "On the Far Side of the Mountain" by Jean Craighead George