confiscation

Example Sentences

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The confiscation of the cash and gold and brief detention of the employees is the most severe step Orbán has taken yet in his dispute with Ukraine.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 6, 2026

Documents also state Maidstone Crown Court ordered the confiscation of £100,000 from the then-58-year-old.

From BBC • Jan. 28, 2026

The track also said the confiscation was done without a warrant or warning.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 20, 2026

“It is in reality an uncompensated confiscation of property,” he wrote.

From MarketWatch • Jan. 10, 2026

I really should get back and tell her; she is the one who will be affected the most by Frightful’s confiscation.

From "On the Far Side of the Mountain" by Jean Craighead George