seize

Example Sentences

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So the only remaining choice was to seize a home already dug.

From Literature

It made me want to laugh too, only instead of laughing, my body seized up in pain and I coughed my lungs out.

From Literature

“If you don’t have technical instruments to verify that it is coltan, it is very complex to seize it,” Martínez said.

From The Wall Street Journal

The prosecution says their motive was Franco's opposition to plans that would have "legalized" land illegally seized by militias that control large parts of the city.

From Barron's

The Supreme Court on Wednesday will hear a case involving a Michigan man whose home was seized by the government to cover a wrongly assessed tax debt.

From The Wall Street Journal