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Definition
to take something regardless of consent — especially by public authority
- In some of them, Louie had forgotten to aim the camera away from the Norden bombsight, so Krey had to confiscate those.p. 138.2
- In choppy English, the officer told them that the crewmen had been rifling through the captives' wallets, which had been confiscated when they came on board.p. 189.6
- He confiscated and destroyed POWs' family photographs, and brought men to his office to show them letters from home, then burned the unopened letters in front of them.p. 237.7
- He pawed through the men's belongings, confiscating personal papers and photographs of loved ones, deeming much of it "suspicious" and destroying it.p. 263.9
- Metal dog tags were confiscated, in an apparent effort to comply with the stipulation that those executing POWs "not .... leave any traces."p. 292.9
- On another day, Louie looked across the compound to see the Bird and Kono standing before a line of POWs, holding a confiscated book on boxing and taking turns punching the prisoners.p. 297.5
There are no more uses of "confiscate" in Unbroken by Hillenbrand.
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