garnishee

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Recent Examples of garnishee State law allows the Oregon Department of Revenue to garnishee the teen's bank accounts or paychecks. Fox News, 17 May 2018 Benton's Oregon Public Employees Retirement System benefits can't be garnisheed in this case because Higbee Benton, 54, was killed before the 2013 statue that allows the funds to be seized, Savage said. Everton Bailey Jr., OregonLive.com, 20 July 2017
Recent Examples of Synonyms for garnishee
Verb
  • But white farmers are being brutally killed, and their land is being confiscated in South Africa.
    Shannon K. Kingston, ABC News, 13 May 2025
  • Our families could be dishonored in public, our personal memories confiscated for storage inside the Criminal Archives.
    Hazlitt, Hazlitt, 13 May 2025
Verb
  • The creator replaced it with a nearly identical bronze statue shortly after, but moved its location to private property nearby and attached it to concrete and metal rods.
    Brady Knox, The Washington Examiner, 16 May 2025
  • The attorney will take point dealing with all the legalities attached to the accident and will deal directly with the other driver’s insurance.
    LyssaNoel Frater, USA Today, 16 May 2025

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“Garnishee.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/garnishee. Accessed 24 May. 2025.

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