confiscate

Example Sentences

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School staff now confiscate homemade baked goods and suspicious candy.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 5, 2026

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

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

One eyewitness told the BBC clashes broke out on Thursday after police confronted the vendors, with the unit commander shouting: "Either sell at a fair price or we will confiscate the goods."

From BBC • Jun. 26, 2025

Would he confiscate or destroy the book that had taught Harry so much...the book that had become a kind of guide and friend?

From "Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince" by J.K. Rowling