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Sentence Examples A shipment of 173 black bear gall bladders from Canada was confiscated at the Anchorage international airport. The Jakarta Police confiscated a shipload of undocumented logs that arrived here from Central Kalimantan, an officer revealed on Friday. I later heard on the radio of a large haul of confiscated illegal nets and spearguns being burnt as a warning to transgressors. Three million acres of Maori land were confiscated, some restored, but the sale and loss of Maori territory continued. Schools were closed, land was confiscated and obstacles to new efforts were set in place. At one time all land was Maori land, save for the land that was confiscated, and we are having a debate about that. The 60-year-old star caught a gaffer fooling around with an electronic toy designed to mimic the sound of flatulence and confiscated it. The drawings were so disturbingly accurate that prison officials identified him as a terrorist and confiscated his art supplies. Airport security presumably confiscated her tweezers and manicure scissors. Large numbers of riot police were deployed against the small demonstration and confiscated banners and posters being carried by the unionists. An egg thief who raided bird's nests in Orkney has been placed on probation and had his car confiscated. One boy had his keffiyeh confiscated and I saw at least two boys arrested and handcuffed. Two taverns were closed down, large quantities of liquor were confiscated and six stolen vehicles were recovered. They forced us to remove all our gear and confiscated anything that wasn't moved off the grounds. Earlier, the customs officials who confiscated such imported publications had to oversee its destruction. Now suddenly their land was seized and amalgamated with all the land confiscated from large wealthy farmers, and given over to peasants to work. However, his conduct and the confiscated drugs indicated otherwise, and he was charged with possession of class 1 illegal drugs. The schoolboys who wandered in to play cricket were chased away by a zealous guard who thoughtfully confiscated the ball. Ippo the zonkey was carried by a rare breed donkey and fathered by a zebra confiscated from a failing zoo. They have served warning notices on four teenagers, who now face having their mopeds confiscated if they are caught riding antisocially again. Show More Sentences Bushmen state that armed game wardens and other government officials have confiscated their animals and forbidden them to hunt or collect food. Long Grasser Dave expressed to me concern about having his swag confiscated or destroyed by Council workers. He said assets would be confiscated after two court rulings on the decision. A large cache of weapons, including assegais, pangas, and axes, was confiscated, most of which were concealed in nearby forests. Drunken louts could have all their booze confiscated under new police powers that have come into force. Many lands were confiscated and many Royalists were rewarded for their loyalty to the crown. Sovereignty, if it is not to be confiscated by factions of the bourgeoisie or technocrats in their service, has to be popular sovereignty. He said the confiscated rifles have been sent to Australia to check ballistics to see if a link can be established with Wednesday's attack. Most of the property belonging to German-speaking Balts, especially the estates, was confiscated. All penknives, soft drink bottles and thermoses were confiscated, but demonstrators were allowed to keep their banners and leaflets. They had even reserved a storeroom in the maquiladora workers' barrio of Maclovio Rojas to house the confiscated machines. I became the operator, mechanic, and only member of the motor pool of six or eight vehicles confiscated from German civilians. Some 874 cubic meters of the confiscated logs were meranti, a mahogany-like wood usually used for plywood and veneer. The preamble talks about how approximately 87,000 acres of confiscated land was divided into blocks. The family estate was confiscated by Henry VIII from the Benedictines at the time of the dissolution of the monasteries. These workers had their computers confiscated and searched for evidence related to the alleged sick-out. On May 10 customs officials in Hong Kong announced they had confiscated a shipment of 600 African elephant tusks. Grimm leveled his confiscated weapon at the blue-clad human, sighting down its length. Beer, lager, cider and spirits were confiscated from the group and letters have been sent to their parents. The police confiscated optical lenses, design blueprints for targeting devices and other items during the raid. Show More Sentences Despite their repeated pleading, the police did not allow them to make calls from their mobile phones, which they confiscated. Other items confiscated prior to boarding include scissors, nail files, clippers and pen knives. Officers confiscated medical instruments and blood stained linen as evidence and detained both women for questioning. Then, as riders slowed, the police confiscated unregistered bikes within their reach. Nine state vehicles used without authority were confiscated, six firearms seized and four unroadworthy vehicles were taken off the road. In addition, the Imperial Family's extensive estates and personal property were confiscated. Several others were shouting out to the police, complaining of how their grog gets confiscated and tipped away. Earlier this week a Fox News cameraman was briefly detained and had his videotape confiscated as he filmed a traffic stop near the Pentagon. At least 834 bullets of various calibers, weapons and three ready-to-use bomb circuits were also confiscated. During the raid, Dimitrov confiscated the official stamps of four customs officers. They also confiscated his camcorder, the third time courts had taken video cameras off him for similar actions. One unit that had taken this intrusive approach confiscated only an old pistol and one hand grenade after several weeks of work. Bureau inspectors immediately confiscated and destroyed both the carcasses and meat products. Some confiscated materials were found in the houses and some weapons were even found in manure piles and haystacks. Police confiscated the bones for examination but haven't commented on the case. Warehouses and storerooms were still filled with confiscated Russian-made objects from Romanov palaces. All unused land would be confiscated by the State, and the banks should be immediately nationalised. Such property should be confiscated and used for public purposes or auctioned publicly. In 1887, Congress confiscated 90 million acres from Indian tribes and offered it to white homesteaders. One hundred and fourteen mobile phones were confiscated from the pawnshops. Show More Sentences It was later confiscated by suspicious guards and, phlegmatically, he simply started all over again. It was the first time the authorities had confiscated vessels in their battle to clamp down on illegal fishing. Anyone found guilty in court of operating a pirate radio station could find all their equipment and records being confiscated. All I know is that a gun was confiscated and that the appropriate steps have been taken. I took a photo, to show you the unbelievable filth, but they confiscated my camera. More computer equipment was confiscated from me, and again was not returned until six months later. But they found all this electrical equipment and they confiscated the lot of it. Of course, the people of Parihaka at the time did not raise an arm, yet still the land was confiscated. Their houses continued to be destroyed by bulldozers and their land confiscated. There could be no question of returning any of the church lands confiscated in 1790 and since sold off. Two firearms, a shotgun and a rifle, were confiscated at the scene. The force has not disclosed exactly how weapons would be confiscated from any recalcitrant gunmen, insisting only that they would be vigorous in enforcing the rule. Their papers and computers were confiscated and, although they were released on bail, their telephones were tapped and they had to endure constant surveillance. His veterans were settled on confiscated land as guarantors of his order. Police confirmed that the alcohol confiscated, from children between 14 and 16-years-old, was mostly spirits and included rum, home brew, lager and whisky. The property of the condemned heretic, pretendedly to pay the expenses of the mock trial, was confiscated, most of it being given to the accusers and judges. Kirkwall police have once again expressed their growing concern over the quantity of alcohol being confiscated from under-age teenagers in the town. On Friday, police confiscated a huge haul of explosives, detonators and weapons from a bomb-making factory in the central Javanese town of Semarang. Their images are purloined, confiscated, appropriated, stolen. His mother thought that I should have simply confiscated his pay packet, that's what she'd always done and she thought that's what I should do too. Show More Sentences Recently I spoke to a woman who had a nail file confiscated. Special inspectors place thermostatic seals on each estufa, and if the temperature becomes too high the seal is automatically broken and the wine is then confiscated. The film will be sent to the local community beat manager, who will compile evidence against repeat offenders which could result in bikes being confiscated. All 520 copies were confiscated under a charge of obscene literature. Most of the dagga had been confiscated by the organised crime unit with assistance from local dog unit members on the N2 near Komga during routine patrols. He showed them some cannabis claiming he had confiscated it from others. Radioactive materials that could be used in dirty bombs have recently been confiscated at checkpoints along the borders of Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan. The Tsarist authorities raided Pravda's premises, confiscated issues, imposed fines, arrested editors and harassed the newsboys selling the paper. His regime was replaced by a self-proclaimed Marxist junta under which thousands of opponents were purged or killed, property was confiscated and defence spending spiralled. It was also common to see the jeeps of the island's French gendarmes speeding by on the road loaded down with confiscated marijuana plants in the back. Two marmosets, two capuchins, two squirrel monkeys and the spider were confiscated from the home of Orlando Lopez on Tuesday, leaving him brokenhearted. The teacher confiscated all cell phones for the duration of the field trip. He confiscated her hairband as insurance of a future meeting. The research was carried out following an incident in a North Yorkshire school where a flick knife concealed in a lighter was confiscated from a 15-year-old boy. The washbag should only contain absolute musts and with the current climate no scissors, razor blades, penknives, etc unless you want them confiscated. Have you heard of anyone having pirated CD's confiscated at customs? The substitute bill added sections allowing Texas Parks and Wildlife Department to sell to the highest bidder any live game animals confiscated by game wardens. One tonne of items such as swords, hatchets and entire canteens of cutlery have been confiscated from passengers departing Irish airports in just one month. The increased costs of the new governor and garrison far outstripped the profits of the wasted marchlands confiscated from Kildare and the Church. The drugs confiscated included heroin, cannabis resin and cocaine. Show More Sentences Poortman searched Sam Po Kong Temple in Semarang and confiscated three cartloads of documents written in Chinese, some of which were 400 to 500 years old. A senior law enforcement official said FBI agents confiscated classified documents he was carrying and questioned him before he was handed over to the military. Virginio Orsini, who had been captured by the Spanish, died a prisoner at Naples, and the Pope confiscated his property. Guards confiscated knives and other weapons from the prisoners. Severus soon purged Albinus's sympathisers and perhaps confiscated large tracts of land in Britain as punishment. Although Odo remained in confinement for the rest of William's reign, his lands were not confiscated. Alexander Neville, Archbishop of York, had all his possessions confiscated. When the war with France broke out, the French king confiscated the Riccardi's assets, and the bank went bankrupt. In 1337, Philip VI confiscated the English king's duchy of Aquitaine and the county of Ponthieu. Disputes began to emerge between those rebels who had expected the charter to return lands that had been confiscated and the royalist faction. He made concessions in Guyenne, but reserved the right to reclaim territories arbitrarily confiscated. The Tudor Government gained further revenue from the clerical lands by receiving rents from confiscated lands and by selling the lands. Thousands of Parliamentarian soldiers settled in Ireland on confiscated lands. Scotland and Ireland regained their Parliaments, some Irish retrieved confiscated lands, and the New Model Army disbanded. The horse had been confiscated from Sir John Fenwick, one of the Jacobites who had conspired against William. When the leaders of the Irish Gaelic alliance fled Ireland in 1607, their lands were confiscated. Airport security looked through her purse and confiscated her nail scissors. In 1871 the Quirinal Palace was confiscated by the king of Italy and became the royal palace. The Crown confiscated More's home and estate along the Thames in Chelsea after his execution. Raleigh acquired other nearby Munster estates confiscated in the Second Desmond Rebellion. Show More Sentences Bonneville was then briefly jailed and his presses were confiscated, which meant financial ruin. Thousands of Parliamentarian soldiers were settled in Ireland on confiscated lands. The Soviet government confiscated church property, ridiculed religion, harassed believers, and propagated atheism in schools. As with all private property, Church owned property was confiscated into public use. Under this scheme, a substantial number of Scots were settled, mostly in the south and west of Ulster, on confiscated land. Edward's men confiscated the harvest in Anglesey, which deprived Llewelyn and his men of food, forcing Llewelyn to surrender. Edward was able to reward his loyal supporters, especially the Despenser family, with the confiscated estates and new titles. The Jesuits were expelled from the country and their assets confiscated by the crown. Around 600 of their crews were killed and the cargoes confiscated before the merchantmen were set afire. Those who had participated in the uprising or assisted the rebels in any way were sentenced to be hanged and to have their property confiscated. The ivory, confiscated in New York and Philadelphia, was sent up a conveyor belt into a rock crusher. This title had mostly to do with Trajan's role as benefactor, such as in the case of him returning confiscated property. Urdaneta then escaped to Spain, where he recreated much of the confiscated material, and presented it to the Spanish Court. Land estates were confiscated by the government, fragmented, and rented out. In March 1530, as a result of his service to the Medici, Guicciardini was declared a rebel and had his property confiscated. In 391, Theodosius I decreed that any land that had been confiscated from the church by Roman authorities be returned. Some fans in the hard-core section tagged the Snakepit even had their season tickets confiscated by police. There were 400 to 500 still left in the country, but much of the land that had been confiscated was no longer productive. When the monarchy was restored in 1660 all confiscated land returned to the crown and church. The striking workers were to support themselves with savings and confiscated parish funds, and by demanding contributions from rich people. Show More Sentences Examples were made of major landowners such as Earl Edwin of Mercia, their properties confiscated and redistributed amongst Norman barons. Insiders say staff help themselves to perfumes, aftershaves and cosmetics confiscated because they are over a 100ml limit introduced last year. The tooth was later confiscated by a water bailiff, along with some of the students' film. When the Almoravids overthrew the kingdom of Seville that Abu Bakr's father served as a wazir, the family's property was confiscated. A SHERIFF yesterday confiscated drug money from a lapdancer and her Yardie associates after they failed to turn up at court to claim it back. Asayish, ErbilAEs security department, has confiscated one kilogram of red mercury made in Germany. Last week authorities confiscated a shipment of baby powder found contaminated with a strain of bacteria potentially deadly to infants. Not long thereafter, another vessel was spotted and confiscated with a semi-truckload of roosterfish taken from Frailes Bay. That survey resulted in a crackdown on illegal vehicles, with two quad bikes and four scramblers confiscated. It means no-one will be able to drink alcohol at the castle and, if police find anyone doing so, the booze can be confiscated. But producers quickly spotted the offence and confiscated the contraband before giving the former child star a severe telling-off. Forgetting what's in their pockets, lots of people have had their nifty little Swiss Army knives confiscated at airport security check points. The company particularises in recycling parts from written off, unwanted, confiscated and abandoned vehicles. Two grenade launchers, 28 machine guns, police uniforms, and body armor were confiscated from the home of the detainee. The scheme fell apart during a check by Romanian customs officials, who confiscated 200 gunsights. Other dangerous items confiscated after kids used or threatened to use them included pen knives, stones, pool cues, a hack saw and a tree branch. However officials confiscated the furniture lying outside the shops and also destroyed the handcars. The heel of the shoe confiscated by US police after Reid's arrest was packed with plastic explosive. The ROP also confiscated 684 tramadol capsules, apart from alparazolam, escitalopram and codein tablets. A FRUIT machine and pounds 500 cash have been confiscated by officials. Show More Sentences Police confiscated seven firearms and four fragmentation grenades at the scene, as well as five vehicles believed to have belonged to the assailants, the government said. Officials also said that joint forces managed to free 14 civilians being held by the smugglers and confiscated weapons, explosives and detonable vests during the operation. Abu Dhabi Fifteen baboons and two striped hyenas were confiscated from a house in Khalidiya, for being on sale illegally and without proper documentation and permits. They found and confiscated a package wrapped in sticky tape which contained 544 grammes of a white crystallised powder, believed to be an illegal substance. A number of the town's businesses could face prosecution after 5,000 cigarettes and enough hand rolling tobacco for 1,600 roll-ups were confiscated. The ISF confiscated a pistol and a bad check in their possession. Two years later the plant was confiscated by the French revolutionary government, which refused to pay him the prize money he had earned ten years earlier. Protestants occupied most church buildings, and those remaining were confiscated by the government of the Dutch Republic, which favoured the Dutch Reformed Church. Le Maire and Schouten were arrested and the Eendracht was confiscated. In Lisbon the Portuguese authorities confiscated his charts and letters. De Enciso was sentenced to prison and his possessions were confiscated. In the 1970s, over 30,000 French settlers left Cambodia during the Khmer Rouge regime as the Pol Pot government confiscated their farms and land properties. When their conduct proved unsatisfactory, they were almost invariably brought to trial and exiled or executed, and their property was confiscated. The king banished Cecily from court and all her estates were confiscated. It was during World War II with the German Occupation that Deauville saw most of its leisure properties confiscated for use by the occupying force. Quakers, who remained neutral, had their property confiscated. She was evidently afraid to give up this outfit even temporarily because it was likely to be confiscated by the judge and she would thereby be left without protection. But with money laundering laws, money can be confiscated and it is up to the individual to prove that the source of funds is legitimate if they want the funds back. Nevertheless he was attainted along with the other plotters, his head was set on a pike either at Northampton or London Bridge, and his estates confiscated. In total, tens or hundreds of thousands of people were executed, and others were imprisoned, tortured, banished, and had lands and possessions confiscated. Show More Sentences Their books were burned, and most of their property was confiscated. Later, he became a landlord of property confiscated from the native Irish. His military campaigns left him in heavy debt and when Philip IV of France confiscated the Duchy of Gascony in 1294, Edward needed funds to wage war in France. It is likely that all the fighting men of Sussex were at the battle, as the county's thegns were decimated and any that survived had their lands confiscated. They took photographs of the bodies, but these were confiscated on return to Baghdad, and orders were given that nothing was to be said of what they had seen. Knives, machetes, nunchakus, whips, swords and any number of other armaments have been found and confiscated during regular searches of the detainee shelters. Examples from Classical Literature In 2012, Dubai Municipality confiscated a dozen baboons and received a green monkey, also known as the Sabaeus monkey, as a donation. Legends abound about Norwegian Viking boats being seized in Europe and supplies of stockfish eagerly confiscated. His estates were confiscated, his personal property seized, and there we were, in Germany, strangers, friendless, and in fact paupers. Why, she untied the raven and confiscated him by force and fetched him home, and left the doughnuts and things on the ground. Police announced that all unclaimed confiscated vehicles, remaining on its premisses after the legal period of detention will be auctioned. Police confiscated the drink off two girls and two boys, all aged between 14 and 16, who were found drinking in a park in Cramlington, Northumberland. Eight years later, Grego Zito and his partners worked Cabrini Green Housing area arresting gang members and in four years confiscated over 660 various types of weapons. Find more words! 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