confiscate
verb (used with object)
to seize as forfeited to the public domain; appropriate, by way of penalty, for public use.
confiscates
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present tense formof confiscate (3rd person singular).present tense
Used to describe things happening now or regularly.
Example Sentences
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For every dollar of effort you put in, the system confiscates 70 to 100 cents,” he says.
From MarketWatch ● Nov. 24, 2025
And he voted for a bill to strengthen a unique California program that confiscates guns from convicted felons who aren’t supposed to have them.
From Seattle Times ● Jul. 4, 2022
The FBI comes back and confiscates the original devices, but not before Isaac made a copy of the hard drive.
From Fox News ● Oct. 15, 2020
The only excitement in this over comes when a steward confiscates a giant inflatable watermelon, only for Jofra Archer to nick it off him and return it to the crowd, who chant “Arise Sir Jofra”.
From The Guardian ● Aug. 23, 2019
To clothe the migrants, he circumvents Mexican Customs, which inspects cars and confiscates used clothing coming into the country, in what Padre Leo believes is an attempt to protect Mexican clothing manufacturers.
From "Enrique's Journey" by Sonia Nazario
