Both Uses of
confiscate
in
Unbroken - adapted for young adults
- In choppy English, he said that in the captives' confiscated wallets, the sailors had found the clipping Louie had cut from a Hawaiian newspaper, describing his role in the Wake raid.†
p. 145.6
- At other camps, machine guns and barrels of accelerant were brought in, and POWs' dog tags were confiscated in an apparent effort to "not ...leave any traces."†
p. 210.9 *
Definition:
to take something regardless of consent -- often as a punishment or by authority