Sentence examples for were confiscated for from inspiring English sources

Weapons were confiscated for militia use if the owners could not use them.

Joplin's belongings, including the score for the opera, were confiscated for non-payment of his boarding-house bills.

The abbey was made uninhabitable, the lead from the roof, the bell metal, and other valuable materials were confiscated for the king, and the building lay empty for nine years.

In another case, Sapna McCarthy, a Bay Area based human resources consultant returning home from a two-day business trip, told me her breast milk passed through airport security at Los Angeles International Airport but her freezer packs were confiscated for being partially thawed.

Assets are being confiscated for nothing".

Often cows are confiscated for a day.

Although she was released after three days, her passport was confiscated for more than six months.

5. (SBU) Vahedi believed his passport was confiscated for two reasons, the first being simple extortion.

"I think we can no longer justify those lands being confiscated for security reasons.

Identity cards and passports could be confiscated for at least three months and assets of suspects could be frozen.

He uses cultural misunderstandings to his advantage, but then is obligated to heed white laws; his lovingly crafted hunting spear is confiscated for being a weapon.