Sentence examples for confiscate land from inspiring English sources

The French did not confiscate land, convert mosques into churches, or change the official language.

In retaliation, Mugabe staged a constitutional referendum, in February of 2000, that would give him wider powers, including the authority to confiscate land without consultation.

As part of the deal, the city would even confiscate land from private owners so that the Rangers owners could engage in real estate speculation.

Rejecting sharp criticism from overseas and within its own ranks, the Israeli Government today affirmed its decision to confiscate land in largely Palestinian areas of Jerusalem.

Beijing is increasingly worried about developers, often assisted by local governments, who illegally confiscate land, and about the growing anxiety among the public about the loss of affordable housing.

The 1950 Absentee Property Law, which will remain in force, allows the state to confiscate land within Israel if its owners have spent any time at all away in the Arab countries where most Palestinian refugees wound up.

A few vowed that they would fight if the government tried to confiscate lands, even if it meant resorting to violence.

Here the Baathist regime confiscated land and redistributed it.

He will nationalise local housing land, in effect confiscating land from developers "who just hoard it".

The move could see thousands of villagers compensated for illegally confiscated land and loss of earnings.

There are reports of beatings and torture, confiscated land, even murder at the hands of powerful and unscrupulous officials.