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"It was confiscated from one of the cells," said the warder, glancing up from her desk.

But they do share at least one feature: Each was confiscated from a criminal by the United States government.

Decades ago, they said, during the rule of a Communist dictatorship in Ethiopia, the land was confiscated from them.

Farmland was confiscated from wealthy landowners and gathered into collective farms that eventually enabled Albania to become almost completely self-sufficient in food crops.

Bobby was confiscated from the circus, but instead of being repatriated to Equatorial Guinea ended up under the custodianship of the Giardino Zoologico di Roma.

During the American Revolution the land was confiscated from the Delanceys, who were sympathetic to the British, and distributed among various landlords, including John Jacob Astor.

All three were confiscated from the market on Tuesday.

Already this season, wrenches have been confiscated from fans.

Nikolyuk displayed an automatic rifle that he said had been confiscated from Yerofeyev.

In Britain stolen credits could be confiscated from people who have bought them in good faith.

The items were confiscated from small retailers, swap meets, flea markets, ports and warehouses.