Verb (used with object) : The border guards confiscated our movie cameras.    From Dictionary.com. 

Here's a gallery of shivs confiscated from a New Jersey prison 20 years ago.    From Wordnik.com.  [Boing Boing: July 30, 2006 - August 5, 2006 Archives] Reference

The HSUS supports the evaluation of every animal confiscated from a fighting operation.    From Wordnik.com.  [Wayne Pacelle: Special Delivery: 1,800 Miles with 18 Rescued Dogs] Reference

Suddenly he was rich from the proceeds of property confiscated from the Japanese and collaborators.    From Wordnik.com.  [WILD SWANS THREE DAUGHTERS OF CHINA]

As I am writing this reports are coming in that modes of transporation are being confiscated from the media.    From Wordnik.com.  [Think Progress » Let Them Eat Estate Tax Repeal] Reference

Associated Press An Afghan policeman on Saturday sorts out weapons confiscated from a disbanded private security company.    From Wordnik.com.  [Afghanistan Disarms Security Firms] Reference

Upon his return he produced a tag which he told us he had confiscated from a fellow who had two sets of them in his possession.    From Wordnik.com.  [Here's another chance to tell your interesting hunting or war stories.] Reference

(m) Rings/Watches: Source heard that a gold ring had been confiscated from the PW.    From Wordnik.com.  [DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE INTELLIGENCE REPORT] Reference

A committee is appointed to manage national domains; that is, the confiscated property of the.    From Wordnik.com.  [Historical Epochs of the French Revolution With The Judgment And Execution Of Louis XVI., King Of France And A List Of The Members Of The National Convention, Who Voted For And Against His Death] Reference

‘If you have no insurance, your car will be confiscated, is likely to be crushed and you will be prosecuted.    From Wordnik.com.  [Essex Boys (Loose Cars and Fast Women) « POLICE INSPECTOR BLOG] Reference

Their assets were abandoned rather than "confiscated".    From Wordnik.com.  [On Thursday, the Legg report will be published along with...] Reference

They were there for research purposes, having been kind of confiscated from the local fishermen.    From Wordnik.com.  [Secret voyages of leatherback turtles revealed using transmitters] Reference

There it was the old game of "Beggar your Neighbor," and they denounced and "confiscated" each other industriously.    From Wordnik.com.  [Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 12, No. 31, October, 1873] Reference

Reuters says that the Italian health ministry "confiscated" about 7000 pairs of 3D glasses and could even collect more.    From Wordnik.com.  [Trouble in Europe: Italy Says 3D Glasses Pose a 'Health Risk' « FirstShowing.net] Reference

The experiences of LP being "confiscated" could be isolated cases of over-zealous immigration officers who were carrying out their duties.    From Wordnik.com.  [China Confiscating Lonely Planet Guides because of Taiwan Issue] Reference

Israel, it is affirmed, has "confiscated" Palestinian land.    From Wordnik.com.  [News & Record Article Feed] Reference

OpEdNews - Quicklink: UPDATE: US Afghan Bibles 'confiscated'.    From Wordnik.com.  [OpEdNews - Quicklink: UPDATE: US Afghan Bibles 'confiscated'] Reference

"What if he 'confiscated' the stuff from a troubled kid or two and this is sour grapes?".    From Wordnik.com.  [News from www.pantagraph.com] Reference

Therefore, the blackboxes had to have been confiscated, meaning more evidence for treason.    From Wordnik.com.  [Alex Jones' Prison Planet.com] Reference

When he failed to produce the cash, she and her colleagues "confiscated" his new Volkswagen Jetta.    From Wordnik.com.  [IOL: News] Reference

The lamb troubled the water dreadfully, and the wolf, in a righteous indignation, "confiscated" him.    From Wordnik.com.  [Roundabout Papers] Reference

We dared not try to sell it in open market, as every bale exposed for sale is "confiscated" at once.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Clansman An Historical Romance of the Ku Klux Klan] Reference

When he failed to produce the cash, she and her colleagues "confiscated" his brand new Volkswagen Jetta.    From Wordnik.com.  [News24] Reference

The soldiers were very generous with their "confiscated" goods, giving away paper, pens, tape, &c., to anybody they happened to meet.    From Wordnik.com.  [The war-time journal of a Georgia girl, 1864-1865,] Reference

White had, by a shrewd bit of finesse, "confiscated" a fine rope by which one of the bales was tied, and this he now presented to Colonel.    From Wordnik.com.  [Famous Adventures And Prison Escapes of the Civil War] Reference

For now, commanders have confiscated his cell phone.    From Wordnik.com.  [Tall Tales?] Reference

At the time of your arrest you had two videotapes that were confiscated.    From Wordnik.com.  [Out Of Chechnya] Reference

It also would deny U.S. visas to anyone dealing in confiscated property.    From Wordnik.com.  [Troubled Waters] Reference

They looted monasteries and confiscated land from the Tibetan aristocracy.    From Wordnik.com.  [When Heaven Shed Blood] Reference

Most of these strongmen saw their ill-gotten treasure confiscated by a new regime.    From Wordnik.com.  [The End Of Swag?] Reference

His eyeglasses, used to correct his severe nearsightedness, were confiscated and never returned.    From Wordnik.com.  [Coming Home] Reference

Within two hours her AmEx corporate card had been confiscated and her phone disconnected, and she'd been escorted from the building.    From Wordnik.com.  [How Safe Is Your Job?] Reference

The last room of the museum contains exhibits from the 1990s, including weapons confiscated from organized crime groups and Chechen rebels.    From Wordnik.com.  [Sorry, No Kandinskys] Reference