[tdeck]

Interesting choice of verb there from the Financial Times. I guess this is like the time someone smashed my neighbor's car window and "collected" the money in her center console.

[kingleopold]

its called "collected" when they own the courts and rule of law. It's only crime if you do it. Countries has monopoly on violence, big one.

[marysol5]

Or smashed the window, smashed the barrel and collected your car into it's parts and re-sold.

[tdeck]

The car itself was liberated for its own good. Only the belongings were collected.