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
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Verb
  • The pair collaborated on searching freight shipments, storage units and vehicles to confiscate drugs, targeting marijuana in particular because it was stored locally rather than sent to the DEA, according to officials.
    Olivia Lloyd, Miami Herald, 21 Apr. 2025
  • Some of them have taken advantage of the departure of foreign and multinational corporations from Russia by buying depreciated assets or simply confiscating them, generally with the support of powerful insiders, such as the Chechen leader Ramzan Kadyrov.
    ALEXANDER GABUEV, Foreign Affairs, 17 Apr. 2025
Verb
  • Oyster larvae can then attach to the shells, their preferred surface, and develop into mature oysters to help rebuild the habitat.
    Jillian Freyer, New York Times, 22 Apr. 2025
  • Proceeds from companies that paid for their names to be attached to the event benefit the nonprofit White House Historical Association, the lead organizer of the egg roll.
    Betty Lin-Fisher, USA Today, 22 Apr. 2025

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“Garnishee.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/garnishee. Accessed 4 May. 2025.

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