seizure
Example Sentences
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The blockade involved in the seizure of oil tankers is, according to experts, an unlawful use of military force.
From Los Angeles Times
Saadi, the Harvard neurologist, said that as a general matter, determining whether someone had a seizure is “not something even neurologists can do accurately just by looking at it.”
From Salon
Law enforcement has become increasingly sophisticated at analyzing blockchain patterns, enabling asset seizures and prosecution.
Sheinbaum also sent troops to the border, put tariffs on China and ramped up seizures of drug labs.
The proliferation of fly-by-night flags and registers has fanned concern about possible accidents involving old tankers with sanctioned cargoes, but until the recent seizures Western governments have mostly allowed them to sail unimpeded.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
