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mtarascio t1_j14nfpe wrote

They is a tabloid calling for laws.

I kind find 50 trillion examples in American media.

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EsotericAbstractIdea t1_j14nmf8 wrote

con·fis·cate

/ˈkänfəˌskāt/

verb

take or seize (someone's property) with authority.

"the guards confiscated his camera"

Similar:

impound

seize

commandeer

requisition

appropriate

expropriate

take possession of

sequester

sequestrate

take away

take over

take

annex

distrain

attach

disseize

poind

Opposite:

return

take (a possession, especially land) as a penalty and give it to the public treasury.

"this land was confiscated after the Second World War"

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mtarascio t1_j14onz8 wrote

Amnesty requires someone to hand something in on their own volition.

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EsotericAbstractIdea t1_j14otus wrote

Threatening arrest if they find it otherwise is under duress. They have authority, it's still confiscation.

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mtarascio t1_j14p0o7 wrote

You don't call drug laws confiscation.

Give it a rest.

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EsotericAbstractIdea t1_j14p628 wrote

Lol they most definitely confiscate your drugs when they arrest you.

https://www.britannica.com/dictionary/confiscate

Click example sentences

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mtarascio t1_j14phz2 wrote

Which they do the same in the US when they find an illegal gun.

You don't say the US confiscates guns, you're trying to avoid that.

Confiscation would be cold knocking doors and conducting searches and seizing. None of that happened.

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EsotericAbstractIdea t1_j14pwhv wrote

That's exactly what I'm saying. Sure, here it's usually required to commit some other real crime for them to confiscate your guns. But it clearly definitely happens. I must have edited my previous post after you clicked it. Please check it.

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