seized

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He added a person who commits a second offence within 36 months should have their vehicle permanently seized.

From BBC • Jun. 10, 2026

In the late 1980s and early 1990s, California regulators seized two major life-insurance companies two months in a row after their extensive junk-bond holdings tanked.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 8, 2026

Dozens of packages stuffed with shiny football jerseys have piled up in a Mexico City warehouse, each with a sticker reading "seized merchandise" -- pirated products for the 2026 World Cup.

From Barron's • Jun. 6, 2026

More than 100,000 illegal exotic cockroaches - some as big as the palm of a hand - have been seized by Australian authorities from a commercial breeder in New South Wales.

From BBC • Jun. 5, 2026

He seized the opportunity to review the long political partnership he had enjoyed with her husband.

From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis