Sentence examples for confiscated it from inspiring English sources

The Satake clan was defeated by Minamoto no Yoritomo in 1180, and its territory confiscated; it was not until nine years later that Yoritomo forgave Takayoshi's son Hideyoshi, and allowed Hideyoshi to become his vassal.

"Maybe the doctor confiscated it," he said.

The Libyans who arrested him had confiscated it.

Agents confiscated it after Mr. Sumaidaie's aides read about it in a local newspaper report.

Alfonzo got his first glove when he was 11, but his father confiscated it.

Security guards confiscated it at halftime, even though nothing was written on it, he said.

He takes out his driver's license, in its red plastic holder, and the policeman confiscates it.

When you set the past in ink, you can confiscate it from the people who owned it and distort its meaning.

Technically, I suppose, he's confiscating it.

"Playing," he said, confiscating it.

"The F.B.I. wanted to confiscate it," one expert recalled.