seize
Example Sentences
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They can investigate complaints, seize dogs and prosecute owners.
From BBC
A group of refugees and the Minnesota-based organization Advocates for Human Rights petitioned the federal court earlier this month to stop the government from seizing refugees.
Within days, Syrian government forces crossed the river as part of a lightning campaign to seize swaths of northeast Syria from the Kurdish-led forces.
Leveraging that bug, they seized control of at least two million of the systems.
Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney seized the world’s attention at Davos last week when he laid out a “rupture” of the world order, adding: “We know the old order is not coming back.”
From MarketWatch
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