seized

Example Sentences

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Detectives then executed a search warrant at the home and seized 30 electronic devices, including cameras, tablets and cellphones, she said.

From Los Angeles Times

Raids took place in the North Rhine-Westphalia region on Wednesday morning where boats, engines, petrol cans and life jackets were seized.

From BBC

Morgenthau’s plan to demilitarize and deindustrialize Germany was seized upon by the failing Nazi regime as a propaganda tool, and the Truman administration ultimately rejected it.

From Salon

But the administrations of Maduro and Hugo Chávez seized Western assets and reduced investment in infrastructure, causing production to fall by a third, from a peak of over three million barrels in the early 2000s.

From Barron's

Frederiksen seized on the wave of popularity to call snap elections in late February.

From Barron's