CONFISCATES Synonyms: 22 Similar and Opposite Words

confiscates

verb

present tense third-person singular of confiscate

as in attaches

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 confiscates Unlike most other states, California has its own inspection-and-approval system for fireworks, and confiscates those failing standards. — Trevor Hughes, USA Today, 30 June 2026 The children designated as Palestinians, meanwhile, have their drawings torn up and are relegated to small corners of the classroom while the teacher confiscates their candy. — Robert Schmad, The Washington Examiner, 26 Nov. 2025 Milwaukee Marshall High School confiscates a student’s phone until the end of the day for a first offense, requires a parent pickup after a second offense and issues an automatic suspension for repeat violations. — Kayla Huynh, jsonline.com, 5 Nov. 2025

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The controller attaches to your phone magnetically and pops out to reveal a full-size gamepad with thumbsticks, analog triggers and fold-out grips.

— Jessica Sager, Time, 15 Oct. 2026
The top half, meanwhile, attaches to your phone magnetically.

— New Atlas, New Atlas, 11 Oct. 2026

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Sid is smart enough to sniff this out, and the show seizes the opportunity to raise the romantic stakes through an adorably British expression of mutual libidinousness.

— Scott Tobias, Vulture, 14 Oct. 2026
That reporting revealed that the state frequently seizes money from legal settlements stemming from medical malpractice, police brutality, workplace injury and other wrongful death lawsuits.

— Ginny Monk, Hartford Courant, 28 Sep. 2026

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Without those nutrients, there would be no rainforest, which produces a quarter of the world’s oxygen and sequesters carbon dioxide.

— Sheryl De Vore, Chicago Tribune, 16 Mar. 2026
According to the researchers, producing a single cubic meter of ESM sequesters more than 6 kilograms of CO2.

— Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 5 Dec. 2025

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