Sentence examples for been seized for from inspiring English sources

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

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

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

A self-educated lawyer, Mr. Gao, 46, was named one of China's top 10 lawyers by the Ministry of Justice in 2001 for his work defending victims of medical malpractice and farmers whose land had been seized for redevelopment.

United States officials say she was made a target not because of her relation to Mr. Reyes but simply as one in an increasing number of businesspeople in the city who have been seized for ransom.

They told the Guardian that a search had been conducted "under suspicion of secret agent activity" and that evidence – including computers and several data storage devices – had been seized for analysis.

We see women with eclampsia who have been seizing for 12 hours.

Their cars were seized for forfeiture.

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.

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