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Example sentences for: confiscating

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Last year, Arafat cracked down on Hamas after a string of bombings in Tel Aviv and Jerusalem, arresting more than 1,200 suspected terrorists, destroying Hamas safe houses, and confiscating its weapons caches.
Sparta attempted to govern the city through a council of 30 men, known as the “Thirty Tyrants,” who spent most of their time persecuting opponents and confiscating property.
The New York Times reveals some of the cops' most effective techniques after they decided to get tougher: confiscating gas masks and cell phones from demonstrators.
First of the national rulers to take the title of sei-i tai-shogun (“barbarian-subduing great general”), Minamoto expanded and consolidated his power by confiscating lands from some of the defeated Taira and redistributing them to his samurai vassals.
"Other than confiscating a single tractor last week--returned to its owner yesterday--the army has taken no action to stop the construction," the paper said.