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  • verb Third-person singular simple present indicative form of confiscate.

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Examples

  • I've heard that Harlan Ellision "confiscates" copies of certain books that are handed to him for autographs every once in a while!

    THE UNLOVED by Peggy Swenson (Midwood 1964) 2005

  • 7GB is about 233MB a day - and you do have to work it out that way - because if you "run-out" of that 7GB - the ISP "confiscates" what's left of the 14GB - and you're on 64kbps until the end of the month.

    PCLinuxOS-Forums 2009

  • 7GB is about 233MB a day - and you do have to work it out that way - because if you "run-out" of that 7GB - the ISP "confiscates" what's left of the 14GB - and you're on 64kbps until the end of the month.

    PCLinuxOS-Forums 2009

  • 7GB is about 233MB a day - and you do have to work it out that way - because if you "run-out" of that 7GB - the ISP "confiscates" what's left of the 14GB - and you're on 64kbps until the end of the month.

    PCLinuxOS-Forums 2009

  • 7GB is about 233MB a day - and you do have to work it out that way - because if you "run-out" of that 7GB - the ISP "confiscates" what's left of the 14GB - and you're on 64kbps until the end of the month.

    PCLinuxOS-Forums 2009

  • 7GB is about 233MB a day - and you do have to work it out that way - because if you "run-out" of that 7GB - the ISP "confiscates" what's left of the 14GB - and you're on 64kbps until the end of the month.

    PCLinuxOS-Forums 2009

  • 7GB is about 233MB a day - and you do have to work it out that way - because if you "run-out" of that 7GB - the ISP "confiscates" what's left of the 14GB - and you're on 64kbps until the end of the month.

    PCLinuxOS-Forums 2009

  • That effectively confiscates our Social Security for "the greater good" and discourages additional savings.

    Phelps on the Dollar, Arnold Kling | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty 2009

  • My only question is, will Bart experience a latent Oedipus complex when Homer confiscates his copy with his mom on the cover?

    The New "It" Girl? marshallpayne1 2009

  • The Mexican government often states that 90 percent of the weapons it confiscates come from the United States.

    U.S. and Mexico struggle to stop flow of weapons across border William Booth 2010

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