looted
Example Sentences
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The Dutch Restitution Committee, which advises on looted Nazi art, is also hamstrung as it cannot compel private individuals to return artworks.
From Barron's • May 11, 2026
Brand then searched the archives of a 1940 auction where much of Goudstikker's looted collection was sold and discovered an item under the number 92 titled "Portrait of a Young Girl" by Toon Kelder.
From BBC • May 11, 2026
According to Brand, Seyffardt's granddaughter told the family member the painting was "Jewish looted art, stolen from Goudstikker. It is unsellable. Don't tell anyone."
From Barron's • May 11, 2026
The U.N.’s cultural agency, Unesco, has urged other museums along with collectors and auction houses to avoid handling pieces looted from Sudanese museums.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 24, 2026
One of the men told the chief that the only way we could possess such foreign cassettes was either by having looted them or if we were mercenaries.
From "A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier" by Ishmael Beah
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