Sentence examples for seizing food from inspiring English sources

They are seeking replacements for the assault on Jaffna, the group said, and meanwhile feed themselves by seizing food aid intended for civilians.

It was apparently intended as an anti-corruption measure, to keep officials from seizing food in order to resell it, but the idea — and the videos that have emerged since the decree took effect — comes off as luridly voyeuristic.

It was apparently intended as an anti-corruption measure, to keep officials from seizing food in order to resell it, but the idea and the videos that have emerged since the decree took effect comes off as luridly voyeuristic.

The Germans also exploited their deal agreeing to give impunity to CNSA food shipments by seizing food produced in Belgium.

He won a victory against Ariq Böke's ally, Liu Taiping, in northwestern China, seizing food supplies intended for Ariq Böke's army.

The barter arrangement for compensation makes it politically difficult for countries to enforce the U.N. sanctions against North Korea because they are seizing food destined for a country where starvation and malnutrition have taken hundreds of thousands of lives in recent years, he said.

If royal officials did not assure basic food supplies at affordable prices, then people would act directly to seize food.

The leading national tabloid has rallied behind a proposal to turn seized food into animal feed: "Let's feed overseas pork to our pigs!" If the media succeeds in selling the idea of food incineration to the Russian public, that would mean that there is no idea too crazy, too frightening, or too disgusting for the Kremlin to make the law of the land.

The airport regularly seizes food and sometimes specialty items such as pig placenta, deer antlers and bird nests that may contain disease, CBS reports.

The experimenter held the food at monkey's fingertips and pulled the experimenter's hand when the monkey seized the food (fig. 5B).

With the development of jaws, it became possible for the vertebrates to capture and seize larger food items.