confisquer

Une fois sur place, on leur confisquait leur passeport.
But once they were brought over, their passports were confiscated.
Le Kafala attachait tout travailleur étranger à un propriétaire qui confisquait ses papiers d’identité.
The Kafala assigned every foreign worker to an owner who confiscated his identity papers.
Sa famille a tout perdu, et à l'âge de 11 ans il a vécu dans des motels avec son père. Des motels où on leur confisquait toute leur nourriture et où on ne la leur rendait que lorsqu'ils pouvaient payer leur note.
His family lost everything, and at age 11, he had to live in motels with his dad, motels that would round up all of their food and keep it hostage until they were able to pay the bill.
Deux choses sont certaines : il n'a pas été entendu, et, peu après, Napoléon Bonaparte confisquait la Révolution française à son profit.
Two things are certain: he was not listened to, and soon afterwards Napoleon Bonaparte confiscated the French Revolution.
Si cet État par la suite confisquait les actifs de la société ou lui causait tout autre préjudice, le seul moyen dont celle-ci disposait pour obtenir réparation sur le plan international était l'intervention de l'État national de ses actionnaires.
If the State confiscated the assets of the company or injured it in some other way, the only relief available to that company at the international level was through the intervention of the State of nationality of its shareholders.
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