seize
Example Sentences
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The tanker, which turned out to be empty of oil, was seized Wednesday in a raid by special-operations forces.
The message, posted on the account of the under secretary for foreign assistance, said reports had been received about officials illegally seizing 76 tonnes of food intended for "vulnerable Somalis".
From BBC
And then, thirdly, the pride in assisting America in the seizing of a ship in the North Atlantic, itself a reminder of how close to home this brings the headlines of recent days.
From BBC
U.S. military forces have seized two more sanctioned oil tankers as part of its energy quarantine of Venezuela, Commerzbank Research analysts say in a research report.
The memo, which came to be known as the “abduction opinion,” paved the way for seizing Noriega to face domestic drug trafficking charges.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
