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English translation for "mainmise"

n. seizure, expropriation; confiscation; freeing
Example Sentences:
1.But dialogue should not turn into ownership.
mais il ne faut pas que ce dialogue tourne à la mainmise.
2.This was not enough to keep eastern Ukraine.
Il ne put pas garder sa mainmise sur la Syrie orientale.
3.His job was to keep hold of all of them.
Son travail consistait à garder la mainmise sur chacun d'eux.
4.Now the eu wants to stamp its dead hand of inefficiency on it.
et maintenant l’ue veut y porter son incompétente mainmise.
5.When Sherman returned from the Yazoo, McClernand asserted control.
Quand sherman rentra de son expédition sur la rivière Yazoo, McClernand affirma sa mainmise.
6.In China, these measures do not exist as a result of the CPC’s means of rule.
En Chine de telles libertés n'existent pas, du fait de la mainmise législative du PCC.
7.Control over the Danube line and possession of the fortresses located there was crucial.
La mainmise sur la ligne formée par le Danube et sur les forteresses s'y trouvant est cruciale.
8.It later became Via Paolina, because of the works carried out under Pope Paul III in 1540.
Elle devint ensuite la via Paolina, grâce à la mainmise de Paul III en 1540.
9.Power for the trade unions and the ability to play politics with jobs at the taxpayer's expense?
la mainmise des syndicats et la possibilité de mener une politique bananière aux frais du contribuable?
10.From 1213, saw the end of the Cluny stranglehold, with the abbey losing power little by little.
À partir de 1213, fin de la mainmise clunisienne, l’abbaye perd peu à peu de sa puissance.
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