Also means
to confiscate
Usage Note
Incautar is predominantly used reflexively as incautarse de algo, meaning for an authority to seize or confiscate something: la policía se incautó de la droga means 'the police seized the drugs'. The non-reflexive incautar appears in journalistic passive constructions. Do not confuse with incauto (gullible, unwary), which is unrelated.
Examples
"La aduana se incautó de los paquetes."
Natural Translation
Customs seized the packages.

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