confiscate
Example Sentences
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Law enforcement raided a property in the state overnight and confiscated numerous electronic devices.
For every dollar of effort you put in, the system confiscates 70 to 100 cents,” he says.
From MarketWatch
Sleeper cells are active inside the camps and weapons have been confiscated during searches by Kurdish and U.S. forces, according to camp administrators, Kurdish counterterrorism and military officials, U.N. investigators and interviews with detainees.
Venezuela's ruling party-controlled National Assembly later voted to approve a first reading of a law to confiscate the assets from the corrupt.
From Reuters
The crew had to smuggle its footage out of Romania, using blank reels of film as a decoy for officials to confiscate.
From New York Times
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