Voorbeelden van confiscate

• And once, later, the second prior of the monastery confiscated his writing tablets, and completely destroyed what he had written on the wax.

• Inasmuch as one reason for the border closure was currency conversion, it was not uncommon for border crossers to have their money confiscated.

• Large estates permanently confiscated from great delinquents and fractions of estates taken from lesser offenders could be bought by parliament's supporters.

• Assuming the uniform distribution, the seller will always confiscate half of the grant.

• By contrast, the capital income can be confiscated and the government can eventually own all the capital to run production.

• First, they confiscated large land holdings and introduced state farms.

• In this gigantic hall, one might say, the confiscated mead-benches on which many a warrior had once found his former identity are relocated.

• If the same offence is committed the second time, the cutting and felling tools are confiscated.