as in attaching
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 confiscating
After confiscating the device, officials downloaded its data to look at the GPS locations of where the drone had been.
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Laura Romero, ABC News, 12 Dec. 2025
Jewish settlers arriving from Europe are confiscating more and more of their land, enabled and protected by the British administrators of the region.
—Sheri Linden, HollywoodReporter, 26 Nov. 2025
In the five years from 2020 to June 2025 alone, authorities made 765 seizures, confiscating the equivalent of 573 tigers, roughly nine a month over 66 months.
—Eileen Ng, Fortune, 25 Nov. 2025
The sweeping opinion ran through a list of Israeli practices that the ICJ said violated international law, including confiscating land, building Israeli settlements in the territories, and depriving Palestinians of natural resources and the right to self-determination.
—Lauren Kent, CNN Money, 22 Oct. 2025
Lower courts initially sided with Jouppi, finding that confiscating an entire airplane over the cases of beer was excessive.
—Emma Bussey, FOXNews.com, 22 Oct. 2025
Witnesses claimed that after France’s embarrassing loss to Haiti, the French government retaliated by confiscating Ferdinand’s belongings and abandoning the child to an orphanage.
—Marlene L. Daut
september 22, Literary Hub, 22 Sep. 2025
Even confiscating half would barely register against a $6 trillion federal budget.
—Sally Pipes, Forbes.com, 17 Sep. 2025
Additionally, Bobby is part of a human trafficking scheme with Tony Curran, bringing in workers from Eastern Europe and confiscating their passports.
—EW.com, 28 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for confiscating
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Along with signalling affluence, clothes became wearable purses for travelers and attaching ones coins to a vest instead of carrying a bag was an easy way to avoid theft.—
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The drain outlets feature 40-mm valves for attaching a hose to better manage and direct the drainage flow or connect to a campsite drainage hookup.—
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But seizing current oil production is one thing; overhauling Venezuela's entire oil industry would be another.—
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Trump has occasionally discussed seizing Greenland since his first term but few initially took his threats seriously.—
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Some residents have accused the police of sequestering fuel supplies, according to local media.—
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The continent is home to 60% of the planet’s uncultivated arable land that is capable of sequestering immense amounts of carbon—yet only 16% of the global carbon credits market.—
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“Confiscating.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/confiscating. Accessed 13 Jan. 2026.
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