Seize

Definition: Seize

Seize

Verb

1. Take hold of; grab; "The salesclerk quickly seized the money on the counter"; "She clutched her purse"; "The mother seized her child by the arm"; "Birds of prey often seize small mammals".

2. Take or capture by force; "The terrorists seized the politicians"; "The rebels threaten to seize civilian hostages".

3. Take possession of without permission or take with force, as after a conquest or invasion; "the invaders seized the land and property of the inhabitants"; "The army seized the town"; "The militia captured the castle".

4. Take by legal authority; "The FBI seized the drugs"; "The customs agents impounded the illegal shipment"; "The police confiscated the stolen artwork".

5. Take control of; take as one's right or possession; "He assumed to himself the right to fill all positions in the town"; "he usurped my rights"; "She seized control of the throne after her husband died".

6. Hook by a pull on the line; "strike a fish".

7. Affect; "Fear seized the prisoners"; "The patient was seized with unberable pains"; "He was seized with a dreadful disease".

8. Capture the attention or imagination of; "This story will grab you"; "The movie seized my imagination".

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Date "seize" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1010. (references)

Note: Seize \Seize\, transitive verb. [imperative past participle Seized; present participle verb or noun Seizing.]. (references)

Mining

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Synonyms: Seize

Activity

Look sharp; have all one's eyes about one; (vigilance); rise, arouse oneself, hustle, get up early, be about, keep moving, steal a march, kill two birds with one stone; seize the opportunity; lose no time, not lose a moment, make the most of one's time, not suffer the grass to grow under one's feet, improve the shining hour, make short work of; dash off; make haste; do one's best take pains; (exert oneself); do wonders, work wonders.

Malediction

Interjection: woe to! beshrew! ruat coelum! ill betide, woe betide; confusion seize! damn! damn it! damn you! damn you to hell! go to hell! go to blazes! confound! blast! curse! devil take! hang! out with! a plague upon! out upon! aroynt! honi soit! parbleu!

Occasion

Verb: seize; (take) an opportunity, use; an opportunity, give; an opportunity, use an occasion; improve the occasion.

Seize the occasion, strike while the iron is hot, battre le fer sur l'enclume, make hay while the sun shines, seize the present hour, take time by the forelock, prendre la balle au bond.

Stealing

Convey away, carry off, abduct, kidnap, crimp; make off with, walk off with, run off with; run away with; spirit away, seize; (lay violent hands on).

Taking

Take away, carry away, bear away, take off, carry off, bear off; adeem; abstract; hurry off with, run away with; abduct; steal; ravish; seize; pounce upon, spring upon; swoop to, swoop down upon; take by storm, take by assault; snatch, reave.

Time

Pass time, pass away time, spend time, while away time, consume time, talk against time; tide over; use time, employ time; seize an opportunity; waste time; (be inactive).

Crosswords: Seize

French (sixteen), French Canadian (sixteen).

And again at Seize the Day, my tuberculous Friday night (Fight Club; writing credit: Jim Uhls)

Seize him (History of the World Part 1; writing credit: Mel Brooks)

Mr. Elton! Why do you seize my hand (Emma; writing credit: Douglas McGrath)

Seize him (Children of the Corn; writing credit: George Goldsmith; Stephen King)

' and we will show him how to drill men; for that we know better than anything else. Then we will subvert that King and seize his Throne and establish a Dynasty (The Man Who Would Be King; writing credit: Gladys Hill; John Huston)

Gotta seize the chance before your eyes (World At Your Feet; performing artist: Fabian)

I'm the controller and I want to touch you and seize you (Affair Of The Heart; performing artist: Rick Springfield)

We both go and seize the day (Change Your Mind; performing artist: Sister Hazel)

Thieves seize skis. (references; author: unknown)

Le Seize � Kerbriant (1972)

Seize the Day (1986)

Les Seize ans de Jérémy Millet (1978)

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Books

• Seize the Day (with Dietrich Bonhoeffer): A 365 Day Devotional (reference)

• Seize the Day: 7 Steps to Achieving the Extraordinary in an Ordinary World (reference)

• Seize the Fire (reference)

• To Seize the Passing Dream - A Novel of Whistler, His Women and His World (reference)

  (more book examples)

Theater & Movies

• Seize the Day (reference)

  (more DVD examples; more video examples)

Music

• Coste: Seize Valses Favorites de Johann Strauss Op. 7 (reference)

• Seize the Day (reference)

• Seize the Rainbow (reference)

• Seize the Time (reference)

  (more classical music examples; more popular music examples)

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Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Neither we nor our bailiffs will seize any land or rent for any debt, as long as the chattels of the debtor are sufficient to repay the debt; nor shall the sureties of the debtor be distrained so long as the principal debtor is able to satisfy the debt; and if the principal debtor shall fail to pay the debt, having nothing wherewith to pay it, then the sureties shall answer for the debt; and let them have the lands and rents of the debtor, if they desire them, until they are indemnified for the debt which they have paid for him, unless the principal debtor can show proof that he is discharged thereof as against the said sureties. (reference)

But if that be all, it gives no other title than what bare force gives to the stronger over the weaker: and, by this reason, he that is strongest will have a right to whatever he pleases to seize on. (Second Treatise of Government)

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We should scent out the truth, dig in the earth for it, and seize upon it.

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Health

Several systematic reviews of the literature presented at the Consensus Development Conference concluded that the majority of the studies were inadequate, and it is clear that a major investment of research and training funds is required to seize the current opportunities. (references)

Civil Liberties

Pakistan

No warrant is required to seize such material. (references)

India

As punishment the act stipulates that the authorities may seize newspapers and printing presses. (references)

Ghana

Security officers man checkpoints nationwide to prevent smuggling, seize illegal weapons, and catch criminals. (references)

Economic History

Nigeria

This is the time to come to Nigeria-to seize the opportunities and to meet the challenges. (references)

Eq. Guinea

Equato-Guinean partners of foreign firms have occasionally attempted to seize control of local companies with the cooperation of individual government officials. (references)

Nepal

There have been instances in the past in which unscrupulous local partners have used the tax or regulatory system to seize control of a joint venture firm from the U.S. investor. (references)

Human Rights

Gambia

The police questioned him for many hours but did not seize anything from him. (references)

Sri Lanka

The security forces routinely open mail destined for LTTE-controlled areas and seize contraband. (references)

Bangladesh

The court issued warrants for the arrest of the other six, as well as orders to seize their property. (references)

Minorities

Benin

Candidate Sacca Lafia, first vice-president of the National Assembly, gave speeches urging his fellow northerners and members of his own Bariba group to prepare to seize power from other groups. (references)

Political Economy

VENEZUELA

This police unit has the power to seize goods, make arrests and close establishments for violations of the law. (references)

CZECH REPUBLIC

One entered force on December 1, 1999, and boosts the powers of the customs service to seize counterfeit goods. (references)

Trade

Armenia

Customs has the legal power to inspect and seize suspect transit shipments. (references)

Travel

Russia

Be alert to the potential for robbery in metro stations or trains where gangs of adults and children sometimes seize handbags or pick pockets. (references)

Russia

Some U.S. citizens have been killed or have disappeared in Chechnya or adjacent Dagestan; and local gangs continue to seize hostages on occasion. (references)

Women

South Africa

The law defines victims of domestic violence, facilitates the serving of protection orders on abusers, requires the police to take victims to a place of safety, and allows police to seize firearms at the scene and arrest abusers without a warrant. (references)

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Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Expressions using "seize": number of busy seize attempts ♦ number of failed seize attempts RECC ♦ seize a strong point ♦ seize an animal by the scruff of the neck ♦ seize an opportunity ♦ seize by force ♦ seize by the neck ♦ seize dejection ♦ seize hold of ♦ seize on ♦ seize panic ♦ seize possession ♦ seize power ♦ seize the first opportunity for picking a quarrel ♦ seize the meaning of ♦ seize the occasion ♦ seize the opportunity ♦ seize the present hour ♦ seize up ♦ seize upon ♦ seize upon smth. ♦ seize with teeth ♦ to seize ♦ To seize on ♦ to seize upon. Additional references.

Beginning with "seize": seize-hold-consolidate-develop.

Ending with "seize": anti-seize.

Afrikaans

gryp (clutch, grab, grasp, grip), bemagtig (clutch, grab, grasp, grip). (various references)

Albanian

zë (bar, begin, block out, calk, catch, caulk, clog, close, engage, find, handle, have, hold, knead, occupy, part, plug up, shut out, sound, take, tie up, voice), pushtoj (carry, conquer, creep over, enfold, engross, envelop, fold, hog, invade, jump, obsess, overcome, overreach, overrun, overtake, overwhelm, pervade, possess, reach, reduce, reign, rush back, smite, straddle, sweep, take, take a fancy to, take possession of), ngec (break down, conk out, flounder, fob off, foist, foul, hesitate, hitch, jam, Lodge, pack up, plant, run down, throw, thrust), mbërthej (brace, clasp, clench, clip, clutch, corner, do up, enchain, fasten, grip, hold, hook, hook up, make fast, nab, paw, peg, snatch), konfiskoj (confiscate, embargo, escheat, expropriate, impound), kap (affect, apprehend, arrest, attack, avail oneself of, captivate, capture, catch, catch on, catch out, catch up, clasp, clutch, cop, embrace, gain, get, get hold of, grab, grapple, grasp, grip, gripe, handle, have, hitch, hold, hook, intercept, nab, nail, nip, nobble, overcome, overtake, pick up, pinch, reach, rummage out, snap, snatch, soak up, swoop, tackle, take, track down, unhang), arrestoj (arrest, nab, nip, pinch, run in). (various references)

Arabic 

‏فهم فهما تاما, ‏وضع يده على, ‏حجز (attach, attachment, be taken, bespeak, bond, confine, confinement, constrain, derequisition, detain, detention, distrain, foreclose, have reservations, immure, impound, incarcerate, incarceration, keep, lock, mew, put away, recapture, reservation, reserve, restrain, retention, seizure, sequester, sequestration, shut, staunch, stop, tackle), ‏تجعد (corrugate, crease, crinkle, crispiness, crumple, curl, frizz, furrow, pucker, ruckle, shrivel, wrinkle), ‏صادر (attach, commandeer, condemn, conscript, expropriate, impound, levy, possess, requisition, sequester, sequestrate, take possession of), ‏إنكمش (contract, cower, cringe, retract, shrink), ‏إنتهز (grab, nick, nick the time, take advantage of), ‏إحتل الموقع, ‏إستولى (annex, appropriate, be purchased, capture, carry, collar, jump, latch, possess, requisition, snatch, take, take up), ‏إعتقل (apprehend, arrest, be detained, lag, lock up, nab, pick up, restrain, sneeze), ‏أسر (captivate, captivity, capture, catch, enthralling, intrigue, prison, seizure, servitude, take, take prisoner). (various references)

Bulgarian 

сграбчвам (catch hold of, clutch, grab, grapple, grasp, hog, lay hold of, nab, nip, snatch, swoop), хващам (capture, catch, clamp, find out, get, grab, grapple, grasp, grip, gripe, hook, hunt down, land, nail, nip, nobble, pick up, pot, prey upon, run down, snag, strike, take, take effect, take up, track down), конфискувам (arrest, condemn, confiscate, escheat, impound, sequester, sequestrate), въвеждам във владение (possess), възползувам се от (use), връзвам здраво (secure), обхващам (comprehend, comprise, embed, encompass, envelop, grip, include, obsess, overcome, overtake, pervade, possess, span, spread, take in), заяждам (jam), завземам (occupy), завладявам (carry, conquer, devour, engage, engross, force, invade, obsess, overcome, overreach, overtake, overwhelm, prepossess, take over, take possession of), арестувам (apprehend, arrest, attach, bring in, bust, impound, nab, nail, nip, pick up, pinch, pull, rap, restrain, round up, run in, secure, take in, take up), присвоявам си (appropriate, commandeer, pocket), използувам (apply, embrace, employ, exploit, impose, impress, milk, play on, put on, put upon, take advantage of, use, utilize). (various references)

Chinese 

霸�" (forcibly occupy), 逮 (arrest, catch, until), 迨 (catch, until), 把握 (assurance, certainty, grasp, hold), 捽 , 捕捉 (catch), 据 (act in accordance with, sickness of hand), �"� (monopolize), �"� , �"� (according to, act in accordance with, to break, to hit, to strike), 搴 , 搏 (combat, fight), � 领 (Occupied, Occupy, Occupying, seized, seizing). (various references)

Czech

zkonfiskovat, zatknout (apprehend, arrest, capture), zabavit (confiscate, impound, requisition, sequester, sequestrate), uchopit (clench, clutch, get, get hold of, grasp, grip, take, take up), popadnout (get hold of, grab, grasp, grip, snatch, snatch up, tackle, whip up), dopadnout (apprehend, capture, go over, hound down, hunt down, land, pitch, receive, strike), chytit (capture, catch, catch fire, clutch, field, get, grasp, ignite, light, pick up, take, take a fire, take fire). (various references)

Danish

gribe (clutch, get, grab, grasp, grip, lay hold of, pick up, take). (various references)

Dutch

bemachtigen (clutch, grab, grasp, grip). (various references)

Esperanto

rekvizicii (exact, requisition), preni juĝe (lay a distress upon), ekkapti (clutch, grab, grasp, grip). (various references)

Faeroese

krevja (claim, demand, exact, postulate, presume, require, requisition), heinta (exact, get, requisition, send for), girnast (covet, exact, requisition). (various references)

Farsi 

قاپیدن (Grab, Grasp, Nab, Nail, Pinch, Raven, Ravish, Snap, Snatch), توقیف کردن (Apprehend, Arrest, Book, Confiscate, Detain, Grab, Impound, Intern, Sequester, Suppress), ربون , درک کردن (Appreciate, Apprehend, Catch, Cognize, Compass, Comprehend, Coneive, Follow, Hear, Induct, Perceive, Realize, Savvy, Understand), بتصرف اوردن . (various references)

Finnish

siepata (abduct, catch, grab, intercept, kidnap, lay hold of, snatch), tarttua (be contagious, be infectious, be transmitted, bite, catch, catch hold of, clutch, get stuck, grab, grasp, grip, lodge, snatch, stick), tarrata (clutch, grab, grasp, lay hold of), ottaa takavarikkoon (confiscate), ottaa kiinni jostakin (catch hold of, grasp), anastaa (annex, appropriate, lay hold of, usurp). (various references)

French

saisir (sequestrate). (various references)

Frisian

beetpakke (clutch, grab, grasp, grip), beetkrije (clutch, grab, grasp, grip). (various references)

German

ergreifen (adopt, affect, agitate, apprehend, captivate, capture, catch, catch at, clasp, clutch, embrace, grab, grapple, grasp, grip, gripe, griping, move, overcome, resort to, take up, to catch hold of, to take hold of), packen (bundle, catch, clench, enthrall, go about, grab, grapple, grasp, grip, gripe, heap, make up, manage, pack, pack up, package, packing, pile, stack, Stow, thrill, to pack, wrap up), greifen (bite, catch, clasp, clutch, grab, grasp, grip, grope, hold, reach, snatch, span, strike, take hold of, to snatch), beschlagnahmen (appropriate, confiscate, engross, hog, impound, levy, monopolize, requisition, seizures, sequestrate, to confiscate, to engross, to impound). (various references)

Greek 

κατάσχω (attach, confiscate, foreclose, forfeit, garnishee, impound, sequester, sequestrate). (various references)

Hebrew 

לתקוף (assail, assault, attack, savage), לתפוס (apprehand, catch, cop, grasp, lay hold of, nab, occupy, snatch, take), לקחת (bring, grasp, have, receive, take), לעקול (attach, confiscate, foreclose), לאחוז (catch, connect, fasten, get hold of, grasp, grip, hold, port), לחטוף (grab, snatch, swoop, whip, wrest), ל�"שתלט (boss, command, dominate, have control, master, overpower, overrule, take control), לצו�" (angle, captivate, capture, catch, gun, shoot), ל� חול (inherit, possess, receive, take possession). (various references)

Hungarian

megragad (clutch, grab, grapple, grip, gripe, lay hold of, prey, snatch, tackle, to apprehend, to clasp, to clench, to clinch, to clutch, to embrace, to fasten on, to grab at, to grab for, to grab hold of, to pounce, to seize, to seize on, to snatch, to tackle), megfog (captivate, capture, catch, grapple, grasp, lay hold of, palm, seize on, taken, to clinch, to clutch, to corral, to entrap, to gaff, to grasp, to pin, to seize on, to take, took), elkoboz (confiscate, intercept, sequestrate, to confiscate, to embargo, to intercept, to levy, to prise, to seize, to sequester, to sequestrate, to suppress). (various references)

Indonesian

merebut (arrogate, compete for and win something, poach, usurp, wrest), merampas (bereave, defraud, deprive, despoil), menyomot (nab, snatch off), membeslah, comot (dirty, filthy, grimy, nab, snatch off). (various references)

Italian

afferrare (apprehend, catch, clutch, get, grab, grapple, grasp, grip, gripe, Nick, penetrate, snap up, snatch, snatch up, tackle, take), prendere (assume, be taken, buy, captivate, capture, catch, charge, earn, employ, engage, fetch, gather, get, grapple, grasp, grip, have, lay, lay hold of, pick up, subsume, take, take along, to take), confiscare (confiscate, disendow, engross, impound, sequester). (various references)

Japanese Kanji 

捕まえる (to arrest, to catch, to seize). (various references)

Japanese Katakana 

すき�'みつける (to seize an opportunity), おさえる (to arrest, to check, to control, to curb, to press down, to repress, to restrain, to seize, to stop, to suppress), しゅどうけ�"�'にぎる (to seize the initiative), ひっとらえる (to arrest, to capture, to seize), さしおさえる (to attach goods, to garnish, to impound, to seize), ぶ�"どる (to capture, to plunder, to seize), つかまえる (to arrest, to catch, to seize), つかむ (to catch, to catch hold of, to grab, to grasp, to grip, to hold, to lay one's hands on, to seize), にぎる (to grasp, to mould sushi, to seize), け�"りょく�'にぎる (to seize power), とらえる (to arrest, to capture, to catch sight of, to grasp, to perceive, to seize). (various references)

Korean 

탈취하십시�". (various references)

Manx

tayrtyn (apprehend, apprehension, catch, field), nastey (award, betroth;gift, bond, gratuity), greimmey (adhere, adherence, adherence of person, adhesion, attach, bite, bite off, catch, clutch, fishing tackle, grab, grasp, grip, gripping, hold, jam, lock in, monopolization, nab, pin on, seizing, snap, snatch, snatch away, snatching, stick, stitch, stitch up, tooth), glackey (adopt, adopt as report, apprehension, buckle, catch, catch out, clutch, holdfast, input, reception, shoot, shot, snatch). (various references)

Papiamen

koi (clutch, grab, grasp, grip, have sex, make love, screw), kohe (clutch, grab, grasp, grip, have sex, make love, screw). (various references)

Pig Latin

eizesay.(various references)

Portuguese

segurar (assure, attach, bolster, clamp, cling, clip, ensure, grapple, guy, hang onto, hitch, hold, hold back, indemnify, insure, pillar, pin, secure, sustain, take, take up, underset, unrein, uphold), requisitar (embargo, requisition, solicit), prender (apprehend, arrest, attract, bind, bond, cage, capture, clip, confine, coop, cop, detain, drop behind, embay, fasten, gaol, gift, grapple, handsel, hoop, immobilize, incarcerate, jail, jug, kennel, knit, lag, link, lock in, mew, nab, pin, prison, quod, run in, secure, shut, snaffle-bit, take, take up), pegar de surpresa, pegar (catch, get, grasp, grip, hold, lay hold of, nag, pick up), confiscar (condemn, convert, embargo, escheat, forfeit, impound, sequester, sequestrate), capturar (arrest, capture, carry, catch, collar, get hold of, grapple, prize), apreender (apprehend, arrest, attach, capture, realize), apreenda, apossar-se de, apoderar-se de (collar, nab, take possession of), apanhar (bag, capture, catch, cop, gather, get a beating, grab, grapple, nab, pick, pick off, pick up, reach for, rustle, shovel, snatch, strike, swoop, take, take a beating, take up), agarrar (capture, catch, clasp, cling, clutch, get hold of, grab, grabble, grapple, grasp, gripe, hold, lay hands on, twitch), abjudicar. (various references)

Romanian

sechestra (extend, impound, sequester), sesiza (apprehend, compass, grasp, realize, see, understand), frapa (shock, strike, surprise), încinge (begin, engirt, enlace, gird, girdle, glow, orb, parboil, zone), înhãţa (grab, grasp, gripe, nab, nail, take), acapara (absorb, corner, forestall, hog, monopolize, poach), agãţa de, apuca (apprehend, captivate, capture, catch, clutch, comprehend, experience, grab, grapple, grasp, grip, gripe, nab, nip, pull up, snap, snatch, take), aresta (apprehend, arrest, confine, grab, have up, lag, nab, pinch, prison, take into custody, trap), captura (captivate, capture, carry the prize, catch, grab, grapple, land, take), confisca (condemn, confiscate, sequester), cuceri (bear, captivate, carry, catch, conquer, fetch, gain, subdue, subject, subjugate, take, vanquish, win), cuprinde (accommodate, admit, aggregate, carry, come over, comprehend, comprise, conquer, contain, cover, embosom, embrace, enlace, envelop, grasp, grip, Harbor, harbour, include, includes, overtake, prepossess, receive, reckon, see, span), înţelege (agree, apprehend, bottom, catch, come it, compass, comprehend, conceive, fathom, follow, grasp, interpret, latch on, make of, perceive, read, realize, savvy, scheme, see, see into, take, tumble to, twig, understand), folosi (affect, anticipate, apply, avail, benefit, boot, dispose, employ, impress, make use of, occupy, practise, put forth, stand smb. in good stead, turn to account, use, utilize, wield), gripa, izbi (bash, clash, hit, jar, lash, smash, smite, strike, thrust), lovi (assail, attack, batter, beat, befall, buffet, bump, catch, clap, crack, cuff, cut, dab, drive, drub, fib, flap, hammer, harm, hit, hurt, impact, infect, injure, jar, knock, lash, lay hands on, lunge at, Pat, put, reach, shock, slam, slap, smite, spank, strike, swat, swinge, switch, tap, thrust, thump, touch, whack, whip, wipe, wound, wrong), lua în captivitate (capture, lead captive), lua prizonier (take captive, take prisoner), pricepe (apprehend, catch, catch on, come it, compass, comprehend, conceive, cotton, enter into, latch on, perceive, pick out, savvy, see, see into, sense, take, take in, tumble to, understand), prinde (acquire, apprehend, attach, bind, book, captivate, capture, catch, catch hold of, clasp, clot, comprehend, cop, Curdle, engage, ferret, find out, fish, fix, get hold of, grapple, grasp, grip, gripe, grow, hang, have, hit, hitch, intercept, nail, nip, overhear, pin down, reach, recruit, regain, round up, set, shut, stitch, strike, succeed, tack, take, tie, work), pune mâna pe (catch hold of, get, get hold of, gripe, hook, impound, jog, land, nab, pot, seize hold of), pune stãpânire pe (grasp, invade, occupy, overpower, overtake, take, take hold of, take possession of), dibui (ferret, find, nose, root). (various references)

Russian 

схватить (capture, catch, clutch, get, get hold of, grapple, gripe, nab, nail, nip, snap up, snatch, tackle), конфисковать (condemn, confiscate, impound, sequester, sequestrate), нахватать (grab, pick up), наложитьарестна (confiscate, lay a distress upon), захватывать (absorb, clench, enrapture, enthrall, grab, grip, hijack, invade, invaded, overwhelm, possess, preempt, reconquer, seize on, seizes, seizing), захватить (collar, make a bag of, make a good bag of, nip), заедать (jam), брать (get, jump, lay hold of, obtain, pick up, take, take in, take on, taken), понять (awake, make out, realize, understand). (various references)

Scottish

glac (captivate, capture, catch, catch hold of, grapple, hollow, take, valley; hollow of the hand). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian

spopasti (come over, smite), zauzeti (capture, carry by, gain, occupy, overrun, strike, take), zapleniti (capture, confiscate, loot, prise, prize, sequester), zahvatiti (attaint, grab, scoop), ukleštiti (nip, strangulate), uhvatiti (capture, catch his eye, collar, get, grab, grasp, grip, lay hold of, net, run down), ugrabiti (grab), oteti (abduct, hijack, kidnap, prise, prize, ravish, wrest), osvojiti (capture, conquer, master, overrun, take, win), hvatati (catch, prey, prey on, prey upon, trap), dokopati se (snatch at), dočepati (clutch, grab). (various references)

Spanish

agarrar (catch, catch hold of, clench, clutch, get, get hold of, grab, grapple, grasp, grip, gripe, griping, hold, hold tight, lay hold of, lift, nail, pack, pinch, snatch up, tackle, take, take on, touch), coger (accept, arrest, bag, captivate, capture, catch, catch hold of, clutch, cop, develop, fetch, frig, gather, get, get hold of, go down, grab, grapple, grasp, grip, hit off, hold, hook, hunch, imbibe, land, lay hold of, lift, nab, nail, nobble, pick, pick up, pinch, pluck, take, take on, take out, take up, toss, touch, treat, trip, trip up, yank off), asir (captivate, capture, catch, catch at, catch in, catch up, clench, clutch, grab, grapple, grasp, grip, snatch, tackle, take, touch). (various references)

Sranan

grabu (clutch, grab, grasp, grip). (various references)

Swedish

uppbringa (capture, obtain), gripa (apprehend, bite, capture, catch, claw, collar, embrace, hunt down, lay hold of, snap up, take, touch), beslagta (confiscate, impound, levy, press into service, sequester, sequestrate), bemäktiga sig (fasten on, take possession of). (various references)

Thai

เข้าใจ (conceive, dig, digest, fathom, get, make, puzzle out, see, suss, take), เข้าครอบงำจิตใจ, ฉกฉวย (swoop), ฉวยโอกาส, จับกุม (arrest). (various references)

Turkish

kapmak (catch, clutch, dispossess, grab, grasp, imbibe, nab, poach, scoop up, shut, shut in, snap up, snatch, snatch up, swoop up, twitch, whip, whip away, whip from), anlamak (absorb, accept, appreciate, apprehend, ascertain, be knowledgeable about, be up to, catch, catch on, click, compass, comprehend, conceive, cotton on to, dawn on, deduce, dig, discern, discover, distinguish, fathom, feel, figure out, get, get a grip, get a grip on, get the message, grasp, grip, latch on to, make of, pick out, read, realize, rumble, savvy, see, see into, sense, sum up, take in, twig, understand, wake to, waken, work out), benimsemek (adopt, assimilate, be sold on, commandeer, embrace, espouse, interiorize, internalize, latch on to, seize upon, take up seriously), el koymak (appropriate, arrest, attach, capture, commandeer, condemn, distrain, distrain on, distrain up, distress, embargo, hold, impound, impress, levy, requisition, seise, sequester, sequestrate, take the action, usurp, vest), ele geçirmek (capture, conquer, corner, embrace, get, get hold of, hunt down, invade, lay hold of, pinch, possess oneself of, take, take possession of, win), ganimet almak (capture, make prize of, prize), gaspetmek (disseise, disseize, extort, hijack, invade, rape, ravish, seize by force, spoliate, usurp, wrest, wrest from), havada kapmak (leap at, snap, snap up), almak (accept, accomplish, achieve, acquire, admit, assume, attain, borrow, buy, capture, collect, come in, conquer, divest smb. of, draw, enter on, enter upon, enucleate, excise, extract, fetch, gain, garner, get, govern, have, help oneself to, hold, induct, lay hold of, let in, obtain, occupy, pick up, pull off, purchase, put on, receive, seat, sweep off, take, take from, take in, take on, take over, take up, to buy, withdraw, wreak), kabullenmek (accept, concede, confess, give in, own, settle for, stand for), zaptetmek (bridle, capture, contain, govern, hold back, hold down, hold in, keep down, possess oneself of, reave, stifle, subjugate, suppress, swallow), kavramak (absorb, apperceive, appreciate, apprehend, bite, catch, catch on, clasp, clench, clip, clutch, come home, compass, comprehend, conceive, cup, dawn on, digest, discern, fathom, get, get a grip, get hold of, grasp, grip, hold, latch on to, nail, perceive, pick up, realize, see into, sum up, twig, understand), takılmak (banter, be affixed, be attached, catch, chaff, chip, guy, hang out, haunt, hook, impose oneself on, jam, jam in, jolly, Josh, kid, lark, lark about, lark around, lock, lock on, pull smb.'s leg, rally, rib, rot, seize up, snag, sport, stick, stick around, tease), tutmak (abide by, add up to, affect, Bate, be, bespeak, bind, book, catch, charter, check, choke, choke back, choke down, choke off, claw hold of, clench, clutch, cog, cohere, come to, confine, constrain, contain, cost, cramp, engage, Favor, favour, figure out at, fish, gather, get hold of, grapple, grasp, grip, guard, hang onto, hire, hire on, hold, hold back, hold in, hold on, hold on to, hold up, inhibit, intercept, keep, keep back, keep down, keep in, keep to, occupy, play, play on, play upon, possess, redeem, remand, reserve, restrain, retain, save, seize on, stanchion, stick, stick to, stifle, strangle, support, take, take up, tot up, total, uphold, withhold, work out at), tutuklamak (apprehend, arrest, bust, imprison, jail, Nick, pick up, pull in, rap, take into custody, take smb. in charge), tutukluk yapmak (jam, seize up), yakalamak (account, bag, catch, catch hold of, catch up on, claw hold of, clutch, collar, cop, embrace, entrap, get hold of, grab, grapple, grasp, grip, hook, intercept, nab, nail, nobble, overtake, pinch, pull up to, seize on, snap up, snatch, tackle, take, take up, trap), yapışmak (adhere, cleave, clench, clinch, cling, clutch, cohere, conglutinate, fasten on, glue, stick), kaçırmamak (get an eyefull of, not to miss, seize on, seize upon). (various references)

Ukrainian

спіймати (capture, catch, cop, get, hunt down, nobble, recapture, snaffle), хапати (click, grab, grabble, grasp, sick, snap, snatch, swoop, tackle, take), конфіскувати (condemn, confiscate, embargo, expropriate, sequestrate). (various references)

Welsh

ymafael (grasp, take hold), amwyn (contend, defend, support), achub (rescue, save, snatch). (various references)

dab. (various references)

adgredi, adgrediar, adgressi, adgressuras, adgressus, adprehendam, adprehendant, adprehendat, adprehende, adprehendebam, adprehendens, adprehendensque, adprehendent, adprehendentes, adprehendentque, adprehendentur, adprehendere, adprehenderent, adprehenderint, adprehenderit, adprehenderunt, adprehendes, adprehendet, adprehendetur, adprehendi, adprehendissent, adprehendisset, adprehendit, adprehendite, adprehensa, adprehensam, adprehensi, adprehensis, adprehensoque, adprehensosque, adprehensum, adprehensumque, adprehensus, capere, capta, captabunt, carpe, carpo, comprehendere, comprehendo, conplectebuntur, conplectere, conplectimini, conplectuntur, conplexa, conplexus, conplexusque, deprehendere, deprehenderit, deprehendi, deprehendisset, deprehenditur, deprehensa, deprehensam, deprehensus, intertio, invado, mancipo, occupabit, occupans, occupare, occuparentur, occupastis, occupate, occupati, occupatis, occupaverat, occupaverunt, occupaveruntque, occupavit, occupet, occupo, possederant, possederat, possederim, possederis, possederunt, possederuntque, possedi, possedimus, possedisti, possedistis, possedit, possessa, possessuri, possessurus, posside, possideamus, possideant, possideas, possideat, possideatis, possidebant, possidebas, possidebat, possidebis, possidebit, possidebitis, possidebo, possidebunt, possidebuntur, possidemus, possidendam, possidendas, possidendum, possidens, possident, possidentem, possidentis, possidentium, possideo, possidere, possiderem, possiderent, possideres, possideret, possideretis, possides, possidet, possidete, possidetis, prendere, prendidistis, rapere, raperent, rapiant, rapias, rapiat, rapiatur, rapiebat, rapiemur, rapiens, rapient, rapientem, rapientes, rapientis, rapiet, rapietur, rapit, rapite, rapitur, rapiunt, rapta, raptam, rapti, raptis, rapto, raptus, rapueram, rapuerant, rapuerat, rapuerit, rapuerunt, rapui, rapuissent, rapuit, reprehendere, reprehenderit, reprehendit, reprehendo. (various references)

begietan, cepan, fon, ge-niman, oferfon. (various references)

ataindre, encrochier. (various references)

caper. (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Derivations

Words beginning with "seize": seized, seizer, seizers, seizes. (additional references)

Words ending with "seize": disseize, reseize. (additional references)

Words containing "seize": disseized, disseizes, reseized, reseizes, unseized. (additional references)

Misspellings

"Seize" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: ceize, eeze, Eizo, esediye, leize, saize, Sauze, sease, seaxe, seaze, Seeisa, seese, seeze, Seezer, seice, seide, seige, seije, seike, seiken, Seis, Seisay, seish, seite, seive, seiz, seiza, seizue, Senise, Senza, seuse, seyde, seze, sezy, Sheisse, shizo, siece, sieje, sieke, siesel, siez, sieze, siza, sizey, skeeze, steaze, steeze, steze, sweize, zeze. (additional references)

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