confiscate

Police had confiscated the fish earlier, in accordance with a ban on swordfish sales this season.
La police venait de jeter le poisson, en vertu d'une interdiction de vendre de l'espadon en cette saison.
In 2000 alone, however, police had confiscated 270,000 ecstasy tablets from smugglers, students and party-goers.
Toutefois, rien que pour l'année 2000, la police a saisi 270 000 pilules d'ecstasy à des contrebandiers, des étudiants et des habitués des soirées.
Air Force Intelligence had confiscated computers and arrested the entire staff of the Syrian Center along with their visitors.
Les services de renseignements de l'armée de l'air ont saisis les ordinateurs et arrêté tout le personnel du SMC et des visiteurs.
Air Force Intelligence had confiscated computers and arrested the entire staff of the Syrian Center along with their visitors.
Les Services de renseignement de l'Armée de l'air avait confisqué les ordinateurs et arrêté la totalité du personnel du CSMLE ainsi que les visiteurs qui s'y trouvaient.
On 16 June 2009, the National Intelligence and Security Service released the $77,000 of quick-impact project funds it had confiscated in May 2009 in Zalingei, Western Darfur.
Le 16 juin 2009, le Service national du renseignement et de la sécurité a restitué les 77 000 dollars de fonds destinés à des projets à effet rapide qu'il avait confisqués en mai 2009 à Zalingei (Darfour occidental).
In violation of both the Jordanian law and international labour standards, their employer had confiscated their passports when they arrived and never obtained work and residence permits as required by the authorities.
En violation de la législation jordanienne comme des normes internationales du travail, leur employeur avait confisqué leur passeport à leur arrivée et n’avait jamais obtenu les permis de travail ni les autorisations de séjour qu’exigent les autorités.
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