seize
Example Sentences
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US authorities have already seized two oil tankers this month - one of them on Saturday.
From BBC
The giving spirit has even seized Quest Diagnostics: The lab-testing company started selling gift cards on its consumer site in April 2024.
One tanker that the U.S. has already seized was en route with almost two million barrels of Venezuelan oil.
Young was sympathetic to the idea that the province has to confront the ramifications of seizing land from the area’s original indigenous occupants.
It was not immediately clear if the vessel seized was under US sanctions.
From Barron's
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
