Sentence examples for confiscated not from inspiring English sources

When his cart is confiscated, not only does he lose a few days of business, but he must bribe officials again to get it back, along with the fruit that by then is usually long past its sell-by date.

"They threw them in jail and confiscated not only all the money they'd won but the team money they'd brought with them.

We have been asked to point out that Stuart Kennedy, of Flat E, 38 Don Street, Aberdeen, who appeared at Peterhead Sheriff Court on Monday, had 316 pink, frilly garters confiscated not 316 pink, frilly knickers.

This would involve identifying and confiscating not only the funds that the cartels use to conduct their criminal activity, but also the assets that cartel members have purchased with illicit profits: houses, ranches, airplanes, boats, vehicles and otherwise legitimate businesses.

Education officials said the new searches would be used to confiscate not only weapons but also an array of "dangerous instruments," as well as cellphones and any other items prohibited by the system's disciplinary code.

When these crises threaten to get out of hand, governments have a habit of confiscating not only the bank accounts but also the freedoms of their citizens.

"I thought government was supposed to protect our property, not confiscate it, not penalize someone because they've been successful," said Senator Don Nickles, an Oklahoma Republican.

Allowing a dodgy police force to sell stolen goods that it has confiscated would not be much of an incentive for the eradication of poaching.

By treating the confiscated slaves not as chattel property but as persons "held to labor," the bill implicitly endorsed the argument, long advanced by Republican political leaders, that there could be no legitimate property in human beings.

But the N.Y.C.L.U.'s analysis found that the proportion of gun seizures to stops has fallen sharply — only 780 guns were confiscated last year, not much more than the 604 guns seized in 2003, when officers made 160,851 stops.

At various times she alleges being told by officials that she was on a "no fly" list, having her electronic equipment confiscated and not returned for 41 days, and being threatened with handcuffs for taking notes.