confiscates
Takes by authority
Confiscates is the act of seizing property by authority.
Governments confiscate contraband; teachers confiscate phones.
The word implies official power—police confiscate evidence, customs agents confiscate undeclared goods.
Airport security confiscates prohibited items.
Informally, parents confiscate video games as punishment.
Takes by force
- forfeitsLoses through violation
- impoundsSeizes by authority
- appropriatesTakes for one's use
- commandeersTakes control authoritatively
expropriates · dispossesses · attachments · garnishes · levies · court-ordered · judicial · contraband
Outer edge or limit
- airportAviation passenger facility
- smuggledMoved goods illegally
- contrabandProhibited trade goods
- prohibited itemsGoods forbidden by rules
undeclared · goods · luggage · inspection · duty · officers · passport · declaration
System of governance
- governmentAuthority over a state
- dissidentsPolitical objectors
- propertySomething owned or inherent
- censorshipOfficial content restriction
repression · state · assets · political · opposition · tyranny · dictatorship · seized
One who instructs others
- classroomEducational instruction space
- cellphonesPortable wireless telephones
- toysObjects for amusement
- notesBrief written records
distractions · prohibited · detention · principal · discipline · returns · parent · backpack
seizes
Takes by force
- forfeitsLoses through violation
- impoundsSeizes by authority
- appropriatesTakes for one's use
commandeers · expropriates · dispossesses · attachments · garnishes · levies · court-ordered · judicial · contraband · illegal
border
Outer edge or limit
- airportAviation passenger facility
- smuggledMoved goods illegally
- contrabandProhibited trade goods
prohibited items · undeclared · goods · luggage · inspection · duty · officers · passport · declaration · agricultural
regime
System of governance
- governmentAuthority over a state
- dissidentsPolitical objectors
- propertySomething owned or inherent
censorship · repression · state · assets · political · opposition · tyranny · dictatorship · seized · nationalization
teacher
One who instructs others
- classroomEducational instruction space
- cellphonesPortable wireless telephones
- toysObjects for amusement
notes · distractions · prohibited · detention · principal · discipline · returns · parent · backpack · gadgets
confiscatesreturns
Profits from investments
restores · gives back · relinquishes · surrenders · releases
- phone confiscationTemporary taking of mobile
- confiscated itemsGoods legally taken away
- passport confiscationTaking someone's travel papers
- property confiscationLegal seizure of belongings
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