confiscar
Les dijeron que si no me entregaba, los arrestarían a ellos y confiscarían nuestras tierras. | They told my parents that if they did not turn me in, they would arrest my parents and confiscate our land. |
El policía le dijo que le confiscarían cualquier cosa que le alentara a resistir [los intentos de lavarle el cerebro], lo que sea que tenga el poder de oponer la persecución hacia él. | The police told him that they would confiscate anything that would encourage resistance [to their attempts to brainwash him], anything with the power to oppose their persecution of him. |
Ellos han seguido eligiendo a políticos populistas que continúan haciendo promesas, diciendo que confiscarían los bienes de los ricos para dárselos a los pobres, la táctica más utilizada por los 'buscadores de rentas' de extrema izquierda. | They have continued to elect fake populist politicians who promised to take from the rich to give to the poor, the tactics used by extreme left rent seekers. |
En los extractos de tres discursos que realizó en cuanto a este manifiesto, Woodruff explicó que si ellos continuaban el matrimonio plural, las autoridades civiles confiscarían los templos, y la Primera Presidencia y los Doce y los líderes familiares serían encarcelados. | In excerpts from three addresses that he delivered regarding this manifesto, Woodruff explained that if they continued to practice plural marriage, temples would be confiscated by the civil authorities, and the First Presidency and Twelve, and family heads, would be imprisoned. |
Cuando estaba en la escuela primaria, les ocultaba mi chicle a mis maestros porque sabía que lo confiscarían. | When I was in elementary school, I hid my gum from my teachers because I knew they would confiscate it. |
En un momento dado hace muchos años hubo informes de que la policía estaba exigiendo que los niños pequeños que montan sus bicicletas tuvieran que llevar un comprobante de propiedad o si no, les confiscarían sus bicicletas. | At one point many years ago there were reports that the police were demanding that young children riding their bikes had to carry proof of ownership or their bikes would be taken from them. |
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