Government inspectors listed "widespread" abuses, including the illegal confiscation of workers' passports, "deceptive hiring practices," "excessive recruiting fees," and "substandard worker living conditions."

Unlawful detention or illegal confiscation of property are examples of such abuse.

I say "unfortunately" because this illegal confiscation of Palestinian lands by Israel has continued for years, as my family and many others have endured firsthand.

Tax-collectors began to resort to violent methods and illegal confiscations, further alienating the governing class from everyone else.

In 2011, his heirs again sought to restore Renault's reputation and receive compensation for what they see as the illegal confiscation of his company by the state.

The Assise formally prohibited the illegal confiscation of fiefs and required all of the king's vassals to ally against any lord who did so.

This radical reduction of land was a result of illegal confiscation of land by non-Indians under protest by Indian residents.

"The essence of the suit is that the zoning amounted to an illegal confiscation of property," Mr. Margon said.

The cost of the fine for their illegal confiscation was $95,000 paid for by the citizens of Chicago.

In addition to the genocide conviction, the court claimed that he was guilty of imprisonment, illegal homicide and illegal confiscation of property.