Sentence examples for are seized for from inspiring English sources

Ships are seized for a few days, anchored quietly and cargoes are siphoned off into smaller vessels.

Their cars were seized for forfeiture.

Since 2006, about 2,600 Chinese fishing boats have been seized for illegal fishing near South Korea.

The Falklands were seized for Britain in January 1833 during an era of dramatic colonial expansion.

The 1850 Fugitive Slave Act meant that free blacks could be seized for the flimsiest reason.

In Multnomah County, Ore., officials offer property that has been seized for back taxes to community and governmental organizations for gardens.

They were confiscation orders, naming the pieces of land that were to be seized for the wall.

The officer's moped will be seized for 10 days -- for a working man, a devastating punishment.

Passports could be seized for up to 30 days, with a magistrate's review after 14 days.

Most of the city-owned land in Staten Island was seized for nonpayment of taxes in the 1930's, he said.

Last night Chechnya's interior ministry claimed that Khachukayev had been seized for taking part in an "armed assault".