- past participle of confiscate.
- past tense form of confiscate.
confiscated
Example Sentences
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When officials recently confiscated 350 turtles there, they brought them to the conservancy to care for them.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 6, 2026
Long-term bonds became known, jocularly, as “certificates of confiscation”: Owning them entitled you to have some of your money confiscated by the government every year.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 23, 2026
The adults, hearing our incessant laughter, came into the room, instantly became horrified and confiscated the game.
From Salon ● Jul. 13, 2026
In mid-May, after a series of surprise inspections, authorities confiscated counterfeit goods from the markets and issued fines totalling more than $19,000.
From BBC ● Jul. 5, 2026
“I got her for you. When I read your note saying Frightful had been confiscated, I cried. Then I remembered the goshawks Miss Turner had told us about. So I got you one.”
From "On the Far Side of the Mountain" by Jean Craighead George
