Sentence examples for be seized for from inspiring English sources

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

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

— Leon Little's farm here near Corpus Christi would not be seized for Texas's proposed $184-billion-plus 184-billion-plus 184-billion-plus superhighwayr.

The unnamed official didn't say whether there would be a leak investigation, or whose private records might be seized for that.

But he found himself at odds with his chief supporters poor farmers, empowered by himself, whose land would be seized for the new car plant and could not persuade them to accept compensation.

The institute has won some well-publicized cases, including that of Vera Coking, a widow whose home in Atlantic City was going to be seized for the expansion of the Trump Plaza Hotel and Casino.

Their cars were seized for forfeiture.

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

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

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

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