confiscated

verb

past tense of confiscate
as in seized
to take ownership or control of (something) by right of one's authority anything that might be used as a weapon will be confiscated by the security guards

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Recent Examples of confiscated Italian authorities had bolstered security forces in Milan with hundreds of military troops who conducted searches and confiscated baseball bats, fireworks and face masks from scores of protesters. — Jonny Hallam, CNN Money, 24 Oct. 2026 Authorities arrested 146 people and confiscated 43 firearms during the three-day operation. — Rosalio Ahumada, Sacbee.com, 22 Oct. 2026 Under Egyptian media law, the court may also order the outlet closed and its equipment confiscated. — ABC News, 22 Oct. 2026 Police confiscated the robot and two cell phones belonging to the suspects. — Escher Walcott, PEOPLE, 14 Oct. 2026 Walker says another goal is getting confiscated turtles back to the wild, but as Kung notes, smugglers commingle different turtles, spreading diseases that must be kept out of wild populations. — Stuart Miller, Los Angeles Times, 12 Oct. 2026 Englert also cites more confrontations with corrections officers and confiscated weapons. — Andy Sheehan, CBS News, 12 Oct. 2026 Those numbers include 759 false identification cards confiscated, 378 alcohol-possession-by-a-minor violations and 98 fake-ID citations during the calendar-year reporting period, according to Oxford Police. — Kelsie Cairns, FOXNews.com, 6 Oct. 2026 York had a cellphone returned to him, but the $160 that police confiscated from him was given to the Mahoning Valley Human Trafficking Task Force as part of the plea agreement. — Erick Mendoza, NBC news, 2 Oct. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for confiscated
  1. seized
  2. attached
  3. expropriated
  4. sequestered
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  • In the postwar decades, humans seized ecosystems at breakneck speed—forests were felled, prairies plowed, wetlands drained.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 23 Oct. 2026
  • Also unfinished are the high-speed rail and the Delta tunnel, major environmental infrastructure projects that have been seized upon by right-wing media as evidence of Newsom’s failures.
    — Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 23 Oct. 2026
Definition of seized
Verb
  • For Charles, who is deeply attached to the Crown’s international role and to continuity with his mother’s reign, the prospect of being the last Windsor to lead the Commonwealth would hold historical significance.
    — Ilaria Perrotta, Vanity Fair, 27 Oct. 2026
  • But the most important thing about Taylor is not the size of the facility or the dollar figure attached to it.
    — Paul Cho, Fortune, 27 Oct. 2026
Definition of attached
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  • Chávez had ordered all of Venezuela’s ports to be expropriated.
    — Shirsho Dasgupta, Miami Herald, 27 May 2026
  • Gray says the project, revolving around an elderly woman seeking revenge on a foreign company that expropriated her land to build a luxury ski resort, offers international casting and co-producer angles but that the configuration will depend on Kawawada’s artistic vision.
    — Melanie Goodfellow, Deadline, 12 May 2026
Definition of expropriated
Verb
  • In bogs, history is sequestered and suspended in time, but can be revealed at any moment, just as layers of peat can be uncovered.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 16 Oct. 2026
  • While Atlanta’s luxury hotels are mainly sequestered to corporate Midtown and Buckhead, Forth’s arrival in Old Fourth Ward brings an exciting luxurious element to the neighborhood.
    — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 8 Oct. 2026
Definition of sequestered

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“Confiscated.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/confiscated. Accessed 28 Oct. 2026.

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