Sentence examples for formerly confiscated from inspiring English sources

As premier and attorney general of Quebec beginning in 1887, Mercier pursued a nationalist policy; he succeeded in passing the Jesuits Estatess Act to compensate the Society of Jesus for property formerly confiscated by the British crown.

That had been made back in 1951-53 by Mohammed Mossadegh, who, as Prime Minister, confiscated the formerly British oil holdings and put together a nationalist following embracing the mullahs, the bazaaris, and, for a time, the Tudeh Party.

The worker who refuses to work can now quarter himself on public relief (which means finally on confiscated property income) to an extent formerly impossible.

Businesses confiscated.

Where they confiscated?

It must be confiscated.

Their cellphones were confiscated.

They showed confiscated motorcycles.

Some hoops were confiscated.

Weapons were confiscated.

The proctors promptly confiscated them.