confisquées

In a sentence

• Les marchandises illégalement importées ont été confisquées par les autorités.

  The illegally imported goods were confiscated by the authorities.

  In this sentence, 'confisquées' is used in its usual passive participle form to indicate that the goods were taken away due to some illegal action. It is part of the perfect tense structure indicating an action performed by authorities.

• Nos outils ont été confisqués après le contrôle de sécurité.

  Our tools were confiscated after the security check.

  Here, 'confisquées' is describing the tools being seized, emphasizing the result of the action by using them with the auxiliary verb 'ont été' indicating the passive voice.

• Les armes à feu étaient confisquées par les policiers lors de la recherche.

  Firearms were being confiscated by the police during the search.

  In this case, 'confisquées' is integrated within the past progressive aspect indicating an ongoing action of confiscating carried out by the police during a specific event.