Your English writing platform
Discover LudwigSuggestions(2)
The phrase "was seized from" is correct and can be used in written English.
You can use it when you are describing something that has been taken away from another person or group, for instance: The documents were seized from the defendant by the magistrate.
Exact(53)
About $200,000 was seized from one defendant.
Khan al-Assal, for example, was seized from the government by rebel forces last month.
In World War II, it was seized from its Jewish owners by the Nazis.
He thinks it is likely that much was seized from poaching.
When "Light" was seized from the Museum of Modern Art, there was an outcry.
The toothpaste was seized from a vast market here in the Nicaraguan capital.
He was seized from outside the family shop in Larkana's main market.
Some $90m was seized from the New York trustee with which shares of a privatised Argentine bank had been deposited.
And it's supposedly based on an actual house that was seized from a drug lord with an Elvis obsession.
"A tape recording of a hacked call of somebody calling Jowell's mobile was seized from Glenn Mulcaire's home address.
He said a bottle of finasteride labeled as prescribed for Lehr was seized from his own house in April 2007.
Write better and faster with AI suggestions while staying true to your unique style.
Since I tried Ludwig back in 2017, I have been constantly using it in both editing and translation. Ever since, I suggest it to my translators at ProSciEditing.

Justyna Jupowicz-Kozak
CEO of Professional Science Editing for Scientists @ prosciediting.com