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seizure

[see-zher] / ˈsi ʒər /




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The Pasadena-based clinic is accused of fraud, according to a seizure warrant affidavit that federal prosecutors filed Monday and that a federal magistrate in Los Angeles approved.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 28, 2026

There was widespread uproar in early January, when online sleuths found that someone had made nearly half a million dollars on Maduro's seizure.

From BBC • Apr. 28, 2026

In the days before Maduro’s seizure, Van Dyke created an account on the popular prediction marketplace Polymarket, the indictment said.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 28, 2026

The Fourth Amendment prohibits unreasonable search and seizure by the government.

From Salon • Apr. 23, 2026

This method of lightning search and seizure was called the razzia, and every family with young men lived in dread of it.

From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom




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