So if one country creates an environment where those who have done well for themselves are suddenly stung with a massive hike in the money the state wants to confiscate from them, they cannot be blamed for wanting to rearrange their finances, their domicile or even their nationality.

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This was about government allowing one private developer to confiscate land from another private party.

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Fearmongers point out that banks are no longer safe as government authorities in the European Union have signaled their willingness to confiscate funds from even insured depositors.

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Police at Newquay railway station confiscate alcohol from under-age passengers.

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It means police have the power to confiscate alcohol from people on streets in the Hodge Hill, Yardley, Hall Green, Longbridge, Weoley Castle areas, as well as parts of Aston and Handsworth Wood.

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County officials also cited concerns about clerks having to register thousands of formerly legal semi-automatic weapons and renew pistol permits, as well as enforcement of provisions that could require county sheriffs' deputies to confiscate guns from owners deemed ineligible to have them.

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Worried that the TSA would confiscate her cremated remains from my carry-on, I packed the urn containing my mother's ashes into a suitcase filled with gifts for my Chinese relatives and entrusted the lot to United Airlines.

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After the court case, proceedings were started to confiscate any proceeds of crime from Blenkinsop.

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In most cases they warn them to slow down and stay in control, but in extreme cases they can confiscate people's lift passes and ban them from the slopes.

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