The phrase "as he confiscated" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe an action occurring simultaneously with the act of confiscation, often in a narrative context.
Example: "The officer explained the rules to the students as he confiscated their prohibited items."
Alternatives: "while he seized" or "during his confiscation".
Then, as he confiscates their Hot Bites snacks and starts to eat, they look at him with envy.
As caliph, he confiscated the Christian Basilica of St. John the Baptist in Damascus and had the Great Mosque (Umayyad Mosque) erected on the site.
Knott's poems claim a peculiar kind of privacy, as though he confiscated his lines from public view in order to mete them out on his own stubborn terms.
Now fighting an even more hopeless war, the Japanese government immediately denounced the German surrender as an act of treason and interned the few German individuals as well as confiscated all German property (such as submarines) in Japanese territory at the time.
The party issued its first policy document, outlining an anti-crime strategy that included having a referendum on reinstituting the death penalty, as well as confiscating crime syndicates' property and using the proceeds to aid victims.
As in France, anti-Jewish legislation was passed in Tunisia, which included forcing all Jews to wear Star of David badges, as well as confiscating their property, and thousands were sent to forced labour camps.
The Egyptian government tried turning off the national Internet and mobile phone access for a few days during the fall of the regime, as well as confiscating photography, audio, and other reporting equipments from journalists.
Last Friday, police busted four clubs -- Maxcy's, the Missouri, Club 69 and Lucky Time -- and arrested four staff members as well as confiscating their merchandise, Dutch news agency ANP reported.
Father Manship, who had been advising the merchants, was in My Country Store taping two police officers as they confiscated the owner's collection of license plates.
Using such DNA tests to identify smuggled animals as soon as they are confiscated "can help the authorities establish stronger criminal cases against traffickers," Miyaki says.
