Sentence examples for were confiscating from inspiring English sources
verb
To use one's authority to lay claim to and separate a possession from its holder.
- In schools it is common for teachers to confiscate electronic games and other distractions.
I had heard guards were confiscating musical instruments, so as an experiment, I had put a child-size tambourine in my purse.
As he left, he said, he saw that the police were confiscating the cart of a vendor and preparing to issue tickets.
He said electoral authorities were confiscating and hiding evidence of fraudulent ballots after complaints had been filed, adding, "I plead that they stop dirtying this process".
The four tribes often clashed violently with one another until the 19th century, when they first formed an alliance against European colonialists who were confiscating their lands and stealing their people to use as slaves.
But ushers inside were confiscating the breakfast detritus from weary editors, including your faithful correspondent, who promptly stuffed a blueberry muffin from Au Bon Pain into his face, having made it out close to 2 a.m. to see Lady Gaga give a concert for Stephen Gan, the V magazine editor, at a club on Bleecker Street.
Their cellphones were confiscated.
Some hoops were confiscated.
Weapons were confiscated.
They were confiscated and destroyed.
The cases floated around and were confiscated.
Our cellphones, cameras and computers were confiscated.
