seized

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Since then, the US has seized one more oil tanker and pursued a third.

From BBC

A vessel seized in Finland suspected of damaging a telecommunications cable between Helsinki and Tallinn was transporting Russian steel targeted by European Union sanctions, Finnish Customs said on Thursday.

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The three states are ruled by military juntas which seized power in coups.

From BBC

US helicopters reportedly took off from it before US forces seized an oil tanker off Venezuela on 10 December.

From BBC

This month, the RSF consolidated its grip on West Kordofan -- one of three regional states -- and seized Heglig, which lies on Sudan's largest oil field.

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