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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This small-but-mighty alarm attaches easily to a keychain or can be kept in your pocket, and provides an opportunity to create a diversion by emitting a piercing siren and flashing strobe light.

— Sophie Dodd, Travel + Leisure, 23 Aug. 2026
To the firms credit, the filing attaches its own warning label, noting that the figure measures neither the ability to service liabilities nor book value per share.

— Sean Stein Smith, Forbes.com, 21 Aug. 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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