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Life during wartime. (No Comment).


Airport security officials at Los Angeles International Airport “LAX” redirects here. For other uses, see LAX (disambiguation).

“KLAX” redirects here. For other uses, see KLAX (disambiguation).

Los Angeles International Airport (IATA: LAX, ICAO: KLAX, FAA LID: LAX
 confiscated con·fis·cate  
tr.v. con·fis·cat·ed, con·fis·cat·ing, con·fis·cates
1. To seize (private property) for the public treasury.

2. To seize by or as if by authority. See Synonyms at appropriate.

adj.
 the two-inch rifle replica from a G.I. Joe G.I. Joe

any American soldier. [Am. Military Slang: Misc.]

See : Soldiering
 doll bought by a fifty-five-year-old British tourist. "They asked me if there were toy grenades, as well," Judy Powell, who bought the toy for her grandson, told The Sun. "I thought they were joking, but they weren't smiling--they were deadly serious." Security officials at Los Angeles airport told The Sun: We have instructions to confiscate To expropriate private property for public use without compensating the owner under the authority of the Police Power of the government. To seize property.

When property is confiscated it is transferred from private to public use, usually for reasons such as
 anything that looks like a weapon or a replica.

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