Sentence examples for confiscated as a from inspiring English sources

(It seems that his latest project, still in progress, has been confiscated as a result of the government's new policy).

Preliminaries to the Revolution were occurring, and the new government turned to the church's wealth, which it confiscated as a direct backing for its currency.

While visiting London that year, he got word he should return immediately or have his property confiscated as a "denationalised Jew".

(It seems that his latest project, still in progress, has been confiscated as a result of the government's new policy). They are fanciful treasures of ingenuity and imagination, the work of countless careful hours.

On Tuesday, 32 shops were closed down, a civil lawsuit was filed against the property owner — the estate of Vincent Terranova — and more than $1 million worth of counterfeit goods were confiscated as a result of the more than 40 undercover shopping sprees.

At one stage while he was being investigated, Scobie even managed to dupe court staff into handing him back his passport which had been confiscated as a condition of bail.

Instead, the property essentially becomes the defendant and can be confiscated as long as a link to illegal activity can be established.

Although the offense remains a misdemeanor, the highest fine rises from $5,000 to $50,000 or an amount equal to two times the total value of the ivory confiscated, as well as up to a year in jail.

Lawyers say that some clients are now asking whether a misstep in Brazil means risking having one's passport confiscated, as happened to several Chevron executives.

Lady arriving in England from France with a considerable quantity of perfumes not only had to pay duty on them but they were confiscated as well.

According to India's Central Bureau of Investigation, "several incriminating documents" were confiscated, as well as the cash and gold, itself worth more than $1 million.