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He accused Swinney of trying to confiscate their business - a move he said had "incensed" owners.

From BBC ● Oct. 18, 2026

Pilots who have regularly flown from Dubai recounted strict searches through metal detectors that have led security staff to confiscate everything from selfie sticks to hair spray to cups of coffee.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 2, 2026

"This is an attack on my private ownership and my artist's work... if they confiscate it," he told AFP.

From Barron's ● Sep. 11, 2026

Gill did not appear at the short Old Bailey hearing this morning in which the UK government applied to confiscate £22,592.41.

From BBC ● Sep. 3, 2026

“I’m hoping they’ll let us drive the camper back to Georgia. They’ll likely confiscate it as soon as we get there because of—” Now his face is turning red.

From "Clean Getaway" by Nic Stone

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

She keeps a whole collection of the stuff she confiscates, and I don’t want my phone to be part of it.

From "Merci Suárez Changes Gears" by Meg Medina

The military official said that "soldiers conducted thorough searches of multiple locations, detained and questioned suspects, and located and confiscated four weapons, several vests, and additional military equipment".

From Barron's ● Nov. 2, 2026

Spenser arrived in Ireland in 1580, during the brutal suppression of the Second Desmond Rebellion, and became a beneficiary of the plantations, through which confiscated Irish lands were granted to English settlers.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 28, 2026

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

In Meridian, Mississippi, where Mrs. Hunter lived, the chief of police confiscated the Defender from men selling it on the street.

From "A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919" by Claire Hartfield

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

From Barron's ● Jan. 18, 2026

Natanson endured an early morning raid with federal agents performing a physical search of her home and confiscating her personal devices.

From Salon ● Jan. 17, 2026

The school may use the dashboard to identify rule-breakers in the future, but for now, teachers and staff are simply confiscating phones on sight, he said.

From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 31, 2025

The army posted videos of soldiers confiscating thousands of mobile phones, computers and satellite dishes from Elon Musk's Starlink service.

From BBC ● Dec. 11, 2025

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

From "Between Shades of Gray" by Ruta Sepetys