If any boat carrying troops refused to stop, the state soldiers were to sink it and seize the fort.

VOA: special.2009.07.23

Moreover, whenever they seize a property and try to sell it, it usually loses value anyway in the process.

而且当他们没收财产并变卖时,财产在这一过程中总会发生价值减损

耶鲁公开课 - 金融市场课程节选

Then if you fail to pay on the mortgage--pay off the debt -the lender can seize the property and sell it.

然而如果你无法偿还贷款,贷方可以没收这项财产并出售

耶鲁公开课 - 金融市场课程节选

Some said it was a plot by members of the stock market to ruin farmers and seize their land.

VOA: special.2010.06.17

It did not have enough soldiers to stop any real attempt by Confederate forces to seize the city.

VOA: special.2009.08.20

Mr.Netanyahu also warned that the Islamic militant group Hamas could seize control of a Palestinian state in the West Bank, just as it ousted Mr.Abbas from the Gaza Strip in 2007.

VOA: standard.2009.04.17