1. Her property, then, has been wrested from her; it was not she that abandoned it.

On lui a donc pris ses biens, elle ne les a pas abandonnés.

2. Prince Norodom Sihanouk had ruled Cambodia adeptly since he had wrested independence from the French on 9 November 1953.

Le prince Norodom Sihanouk dirigeait le Cambodge depuis l'indépendance du pays acquise envers la France le 9 novembre 1953.