confiscated

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Confiscated watches and jewelry were valued at over $1.18 billion, representing 36% of the total, while handbags and wallets came in at over $972 million.

From Washington Times • Dec. 9, 2022

Confiscated outboard motors and dinghies are seen at a police station in Calais, France, August 3, 2021.

From Reuters • Nov. 15, 2021

Confiscated abalone is donated to area fund-raisers and local soup kitchens.

From New York Times • Jul. 25, 2014

Confiscated handguns ranged from .380-caliber Bryco pistols that can be purchased secondhand for less than $100 to brand-new polycarbonate Glock 17s that cost $600.

From Washington Post • May 28, 2013

Confiscated property, manner of asserting claims of Crown to, iv.

From The Letters of Cassiodorus Being A Condensed Translation Of The Variae Epistolae Of Magnus Aurelius Cassiodorus Senator by Hodgkin, Thomas