confiscate
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Examples of confiscate in a Sentence
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Guards confiscated knives and other weapons from the prisoners. The teacher confiscated all cell phones for the duration of the field trip.Recent Examples on the Web: Verb
Navajo leaders and families fought the government, but in the end, many had their animals confiscated and sold, slaughtered or herded off canyon cliffs to their deaths. — Betty Reid, azcentral, "To Chester Nez, last of the original Code Talkers, the words are more than a code," 29 Aug. 2019 Papineau and Wright then confiscated the fish and issued the extreme angler a ticket. — Micah Walker, Detroit Free Press, "Gladwin fisherman caught with more than 1,400 panfish in garage," 22 Aug. 2019 The law punishes aid vessels entering Italian waters, allowing officials to confiscate them and impose million-euro fines on captains who defy the law. — New York Times, "After Desperate Migrants Jump Ship, Italy Allows Rescue Vessel to Dock," 20 Aug. 2019 Drugs will be confiscated and then the person will be paired with a CCAR counselor. — Steve Smith, courant.com, "Rockville Hospital, Police Partner To Treat Addiction," 8 Aug. 2019 The same group of deputies confiscated hemp flower from the store, and no one was charged in that incident either. — Conor Hughes, BostonGlobe.com, "South Carolina CBD stores left confused amid raids, new opinion," 5 Aug. 2019 The result is that good dogs get confiscated and euthanized, and no one is the safer for it. — Krista Kafer, The Denver Post, "Kafer: Will Aurora be the next Colorado city to ditch its unfair breed ban?," 11 July 2019 During their visit, the lawmakers said Border Patrol agents mocked them, tried to confiscate their cellphones and refuse them access to those detained. — Molly Hennessy-fiske, latimes.com, "Why are migrants getting sick or dying on the border?," 8 July 2019 Following the positive drug tests, New Mexico regulators confiscated some of Landers' products and sent them to the Racing Medication and Testing Consortium. — Kevin Krause, Dallas News, "Pharmacy owner whose drugs led to doped racehorses admits to peddling unsafe equine drugs," 5 July 2019These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'confiscate.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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Legal Definition of confiscate
Note: Illegal items such as narcotics or firearms, or profits from the sale of illegal items, may be confiscated by law enforcement officers. Additionally, government action that reduces the value of property to a person or entity as to make it nearly worthless has been held to constitute confiscation. Examples of such government action include the passage of zoning laws that prevent the use of land for its designated purpose and the setting of utility rates so low that the utility company cannot realize a reasonable return on its investment.
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