"seize" in inglés with examples - Collocation dictionary inglés
- The six allegedly seized the yacht and its crew, Jean-Yves Delanne and his wife Bernadette, both aged 60, off the coast of Somalia in 2008 and demanded a $2 million (£1.25 million) ransom.
- Judge Jose Lopez Mendoza said he would try the group of 80 for allegedly seizing 180 kilograms (397 pounds) of coca paste, and then reselling it for 80 million dollars.
- Bo's campaigns against corruption also allegedly seized the assets of private entrepreneurs, in turn funneling these funds into state projects and welfare programs, effectively re-asserting state control over wealth.
- It seeks compensation for land, buildings and businesses allegedly seized from Armenians along with bank deposits and property, including priceless religious and other artifacts, some of which are now kept in museums in the Republic of Turkey.
- The authorities have placed a table laden with arms allegedly seized from the conspirators at the front of the courtroom.
- More recently, the bank has been criticized for allegedly seizing three properties that were not under their ownership, apparently due to incorrect addresses on their legal documents.
- Agents also allegedly seized 364 affidavits on Mrs. Gervasoni's five-acre farm.
- Miller was charged on 16 April 2008 after police allegedly seized a commercial pill press, drugs and cash in a raid on a storage facility in Brookvale on Sydney's northern beaches.
- On 9 November 2010, it was reported that Cinis was arrested after police allegedly seized 12 plastic bags containing "green vegetable matter" and six plants from his Leichhardt home.
- During the Greek Dark Age, from the 11th to the 9th century BC, a new god of prophecy, Apollo, allegedly seized the temple and expelled the twin guardian serpents of Gaia.
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