be seized
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Chapter 7 is known as liquidation because nonexempt assets can be seized and sold to repay your creditors.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 10, 2026
"If you are found to possess, breed or trade exotic cockroaches such as dubia cockroaches and Madagascar hissing cockroaches they will be seized and you could face penalties under federal law."
From BBC ● Jun. 5, 2026
That window is likely to be seized by manufacturers in China, India, Indonesia and South Africa, among other countries, Subran said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 23, 2026
Among them, sanitation workers would have to give 24-hour notice and describe the property to be seized and the basis for the seizure.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 12, 2026
Yet at any moment she was liable to be seized by one of those curious fits of sleep, which might last for a few minutes or for hours.
From "Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad" by Ann Petry
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