All 6 Uses

confiscate
in
Unbroken, by Hillenbrand
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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

Definitions:

(1) (confiscate)
to take something regardless of consent -- often as a punishment or by authority
(2) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)