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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It confiscates cellphones by the thousand and drones by the dozen.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 14, 2026
For every dollar of effort you put in, the system confiscates 70 to 100 cents,” he says.
From MarketWatch ● Nov. 24, 2025
When capos are arrested, the government confiscates whatever land is in their name and holds it in a byzantine bureaucracy.
From Seattle Times ● Jul. 29, 2021
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
She keeps a whole collection of the stuff she confiscates, and I don’t want my phone to be part of it.
From "Merci Suárez Changes Gears" by Meg Medina
