"avoid confiscation" is a correct and usable phrase in written English.
You can use it to advise someone not to let something of theirs be taken away, or to talk about a situation in which you took action to make sure something wasn't taken away. For example: "I made sure to keep my passport safe to avoid confiscation at the border."
There was surprisingly open talk of taking money out of the country to avoid confiscation by the state.China's new leaders clearly need to do more than make grand speeches if they are to win back trust.
The film's producers declare breathlessly that they have whisked a copy of the film's master negative overseas to avoid confiscation by the evil authorities.Ghastly though he may be, Mr Moore has had uncommon success with his previous films ("Fahrenheit 9/11" earned over $200m), and "Sicko" looks to be another conversation starter.
So the question becomes, can we have a pocket knife without a knife?" For starters, the companies hope to wean customers off last-minute purchases, encouraging them instead to buy in advance so the Swiss army knives can be packed in luggage to avoid confiscation by airport security.
It was buried around A.D. 680, probably to avoid confiscation, Israeli archeologists say.
"Newly released footage, which was buried to avoid confiscation, shows riot cops arresting and abusing a giant group of people for nothing".
In particular, be aware that some purchases (e.g. beverages and toiletries)made at other airports prior to arrival at LAX may not be allowed in carry-on luggage, and will have to be transferred to checked luggage to avoid confiscation at security.
In fact, Perdicaris, though born in New Jersey, had renounced his citizenship during the Civil War to avoid Confederate confiscation of property in South Carolina, and had accepted Greek naturalization, a fact not generally known until years later, but that decreased Roosevelt's desire for military action.
Mr. Chávez has avoided outright confiscation of private companies by offering some compensation, but the terms of these deals are growing increasingly contentious, with the president threatening to withhold payments.
Why would #SSM advocates H8 the idea of fathers & sons using marriage exemptions to avoid governmental tax confiscations?
The company then rushed to pay the original penalty in an effort to avoid the much bigger confiscation ordered by the court.The TSJ is constitutionally independent of the executive.
In a recent interview with CNN, she said that under Russian law she deserves half of his wealth, which she knows is held overseas, presumably in order to avoid any problems with confiscation or nationalization in Russia.
