confiscate

confiscate (something) from (someone)

To take something away from someone, often as a form of punishment. I always confiscate cell phones from students who try to use them in my classroom.
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Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.

confiscate something from someone or something

to seize or impound something from someone or a group. The police confiscated all the stolen property from the suspect's garage. The clean confiscated the beer from the dormitory.
See also: confiscate
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs.
See also:
  • confiscate (something) from (someone)
  • confiscate from
  • gather (something) from (someone or something)
  • gather from
  • ain't it the truth
  • Ain't it the truth?
  • put (one) out of (something or some place)
  • put out of
  • no call for
  • no call for (something)
References in periodicals archive
Sheriff John McInnes said the law allowed him to confiscate a vehicle even if it did not belong to the driver.
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Specialised teams visit different regions to detect illegal poaching, confiscate any tools or equipment, and raise awareness about the dangers of poaching."
Hunters' bird callers confiscated in Sharjah sweep
(TAP) - The confiscation committee will initiate legal proceedings to confiscate the property of six businessmen, merchants and a customs officer, it has announced at a press briefing Friday.
Assets of six businessmen, merchants and customs officer seized
"Patrols of Border Guard Confiscate Weapons in Jazan" Jazan, Safar 23, 1435, Dec 26, 2013, SPA -- The patrols of the Border Guard in Jazan Region confiscated 185 pistols and 370 ammunition from a smuggler during routine checks along the border today.
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SCHOOLS were told yesterday that they do have the power to confiscate mephedrone from pupils - despite it not being banned under the law.
Schools 'can confiscate drug' britain ROUND-UP
"If those riding bikes are found to be doing so without complying with these requirements and are doing so inappropriately, then the police have powers to confiscate and possibly scrap the bike.
Police warning to illegal bikers
The airport is also having to confiscate aerosols and soft drinks among the more unusual items.
Security swoop on baked beans; 40 tins are confiscated each week
The northern cities of the West Bank have been increasingly subjected to extensive military campaigns where Israeli troops raid cities and towns, arrest Palestinian youth and confiscate surveillance cameras since the shooting of an Israeli settler near the city of Nablus.
Israeli army raids Jenin, confiscates private surveillance cameras
Summary: BEIRUT: Police checkpoints were erected in Iqlim al-Kharroub on Thursday in order to confiscate illegal motorbikes, reported the state-run National News Agency (NNA).
Police confiscate motorbikes in Iqlim al-Kharroub