The phrase "allowed to seize a" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used in contexts where permission or authority is granted to take control of something, often in legal or formal situations.
Example: "The authorities are allowed to seize a vehicle if it is involved in illegal activities."
Alternatives: "permitted to take a" or "authorized to capture a".
Under Securities and Exchange Commission rules, a company is allowed to seize any "short swing" profits made by corporate insiders who buy and then sell shares of a company within a six-month period.
State and local police will no longer be allowed to seize citizens' property without evidence that a crime has occurred, following an action by the attorney general, Eric Holder, to effectively end the program.
If creditors are allowed to seize the company's property, the films – including a new episode in the Astérix saga starring Gérard Depardieu and Catherine Deneuve – could be wiped from the computers' memory.
Police authorities would be allowed to seize valuables and cash amounts they deem expensive enough.
Clubhouses could also be "dismantled" through police being allowed to seize everything from pool tables to stripper poles.
The news media would also need government approval to operate and the authorities would be allowed to seize and ban publications at their discretion.
Administration officials have voiced concern that the sanctity of American diplomatic property abroad, a right extended to all diplomatic missions under international law, might be compromised if private citizens here were allowed to seize foreign government property.
Under a controversial law enforcement practice known as civil asset forfeiture, police are allowed to seize property and cash from anyone they merely suspect is involved in criminal activity.
"They have utilised some excellent work by many officers in the gathering of intelligence and information, which has allowed us to seize a significant amount of drugs, which would soon have been poisoning our streets".
