confiscation
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The 52-page complaint, filed in Los Angeles Superior Court on Tuesday, offered new details on the confiscation of 26 betting machines on Saturday.
From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 21, 2026
“It is in reality an uncompensated confiscation of property,” he wrote.
From MarketWatch • Jan. 10, 2026
It favors planters with significant Malaysian upstream operations, as they benefit from strong sensitivity to crude palm oil prices, while facing limited risk of land confiscation.
From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 19, 2025
Herr Hartig, who wasn't Jewish, appears to have offered the family a solution to the impending confiscation of their assets by the Nazis.
From BBC • Oct. 18, 2025
I really should get back and tell her; she is the one who will be affected the most by Frightful’s confiscation.
From "On the Far Side of the Mountain" by Jean Craighead George
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