"capture" in inglés with examples - Collocation dictionary inglés
- The English soldiers then occupied the city for over two months and captured much booty along with a ransom before departing on 12 April.
- After loading their squadron with captured guns, ammunition, 250 slaves and other booty the English departed on 9 October after two weeks of occupation.
- For reasons unclear, the Iroquois shifted their military focus from capturing prisoners and booty to destroying the entire Huron people.
- They spared only the black slaves whom they took as captured booty.
- His campaign war chest was swelled with captured booty, while the underfinanced Johnson-Sirleaf effort was late in starting.
- The Persians suffered heavy casualties, while the Byzantines captured great booty, including 24 war elephants which were sent to Constantinople.
- The smugglers often held letters of marque from multiple countries, authorizing them to capture booty from differing nations.
- He had maintained a forward position, capturing rich booty on the way.
- Inflicting severe losses on the enemy, capturing many prisoners, twenty machine guns, six minnenwerfers and other booty.
- They captured booty from the bungalows of British officers and the treasury.
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