confiscate

Example Sentences

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At least one tanker has left Venezuela since that ship, the Skipper, was confiscated, but it was carrying fuel oil, not the more valuable crude.

From The Wall Street Journal

The ship was several hundred miles off the coast of Sri Lanka when the operatives boarded it and confiscated the cargo before letting the vessel proceed, the officials said.

From The Wall Street Journal

At Kettlethorpe High School in Wakefield, the approach taken by staff remains to ask children to keep phones in their bags and confiscate them if the rule is broken.

From BBC

Print propaganda could get lost in the mail or be confiscated, especially when crossing into Germany.

From Salon

Law enforcement raided a property in the state overnight and confiscated numerous electronic devices.

From The Wall Street Journal