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be seized

verb as in take

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When it came to his own problems, he deflected many transgressions onto underlings and accountants, but admitted that he had bought cars, a boat and a plane while owing millions of dollars to the I.R.S. — and then hid assets so they would not be seized.

This is where Macklin and other counterterrorism experts warn the United States could be headed: The harsher and more challenging the environment gets and the more destructive and expensive the impacts become, the more climate change may be seized as the dominion of the right.

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Still, someone decided to order that Cedar be seized and killed despite knowing a lawsuit was incoming, Shakib said.

Coming in an election year, the verdict is sure to be seized on by political opponents of his father, President Biden, and to be spun as a win for GOP leaders.

He is the latest person with links to the opposition to be seized in the aftermath of last month's presidential election.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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