EsotericAbstractIdea t1_j14nmf8 wrote
Reply to comment by mtarascio in Affidavit: Man armed with AR-15-style rifle shoots 2 at Orlando resorts overnight by TupperwareConspiracy
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"
mtarascio t1_j14onz8 wrote
Amnesty requires someone to hand something in on their own volition.
EsotericAbstractIdea t1_j14otus wrote
Threatening arrest if they find it otherwise is under duress. They have authority, it's still confiscation.
mtarascio t1_j14p0o7 wrote
You don't call drug laws confiscation.
Give it a rest.
EsotericAbstractIdea t1_j14p628 wrote
Lol they most definitely confiscate your drugs when they arrest you.
https://www.britannica.com/dictionary/confiscate
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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.
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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