confiscate
verb (used with object)
to seize as forfeited to the public domain; appropriate, by way of penalty, for public use.
Used to describe an ongoing action or continuous state that will be taking place in the future.
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“Which I will be confiscating, by the way. Security is going to be tighter than ever now. This place will be Fort Knox.”
From "Internment" by Samira Ahmed
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