Seizure

Definitions: Seizure

Seizure

Noun

1. A sudden occurrence (or recurrence) of a disease; "he suffered an epileptic seizure".

2. The act of forcibly dispossessing an owner of property.

3. The act of taking of a person by force.

4. The taking possession of something by legal process.

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

Date "seizure" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1321. (references)

Economics

Electrical Engineering

Finance

Metallurgy

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

Synonyms: Seizure

Disease

Visitation, attack, seizure, stroke, fit.

Taking

Noun: taking; Verb: reception; (taking in); deglutition; (taking food); appropriation, prehension, prensation; capture, caption; apprehension, deprehension; abreption, seizure, expropriation, abduction, ablation; subtraction, withdrawal; abstraction, ademption; adrolepsy.

Undueness

Usurpation, tort, violation, breach, encroachment, presumption, assumption, seizure; stretch, exaction, imposition, lion's share.

Crosswords: Seizure

Metcalf, he's having a seizure. (Arachnophobia; writing credit: Don Jakoby; Al Williams)

We seem to spend more time training for seizure than for prevention, like the Commies already had the stuff, and we had to get it back. (Seven Days in May; writing credit: Fletcher Knebel; Charles W. Bailey II)

Tell them I had a seizure. (10 Things I Hate About You; writing credit: Karen McCullah Lutz; Kirsten Smith)

Of course, if someone were having a seizure in your bathtub, you'd throw in you laundry! (High Society; writing credit: Lisa Albert; Pat Dougherty)

It's a Hynerian airway seizure caused by very strong emotions. (Farscape; writing credit: Olivier Cauvin)

Seizure (1974)

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

References

• Search and Seizure in Latin America and the Caribbean, 2000 (reference)

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Books

• Facing Me: Breaking the Bonds of Seizure Confinement, a Journey in Faith and Restoration (reference)

• Heart Seizure (reference)

• Mechanisms of Epileptogenesis: The Transition to Seizure (reference)

• Partial Seizure Disorders: Help for Patients and Families (reference)

• Police Procedure and Search and Seizure (reference)

  (more book examples)

Periodicals

• Search & Seizure Law Handbook (reference)

• Search And Seizure Bulletin (reference)

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Theater & Movies

• Be Prepared: Treatment of Seizure (reference)

• Seizure (reference)

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The course of the seizure is followed by the electroencephalograph. / WHO photo.Credit: National Library of Medicine.

Found under the interned German ships Prinz Eitel Friedrich and Kronprinz Wilhelm after they were seized by the United States in April 1917. Photographed at the Philadelphia Navy Yard, Pennsylvania, 12 April 1919. These devices, shown here disassembled with components labeled, were placed by the ships' German crewmembers in anticipation of the seizure, in hopes of disabling the ships and thus rendering them useless to the U.S.Credit: NAVY.

Rebel advance through the smoke, and seizure of a part of the breastworks on Brock road. The logs had caught fire.Credit: Library of Congress.

The seizure of Atahualpa at Cajamarca / J.M. Moreau junior, inv. ; P. Duflos Junior, sculp.Credit: Library of Congress.

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Germany waives all claims against the Siamese Government on behalf of herself or her nationals arising out of the seizure or condemnation of German ships, the liquidation of German property, or the internment of German nationals in Siam. (reference)

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A sudden seizure of a different nature from any thing foreboded by her general state, had carried her off after a short struggle.

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Health

Intracranial pressure increases during the seizure. (references)

Seizure syndromes do not always appear in childhood. (references)

Few experiences match the drama of a convulsive seizure. (references)

Business

The international law series covers media control and censorship, search and seizure, and trial justice and punishment. (references)

Civil Liberties

Pakistan

Obscene literature, a category broadly defined by the Government, is subject to seizure. (references)

Zimbabwe

On October 4, 2000, police shut down Capital Radio and seized its equipment, despite the issuance of a High Court decision earlier in the day barring the seizure. (references)

Equatorial Guinea

In late 2000, the Government delegate of Mongomo district ordered the seizure of copies of both La Opinion and El Tiempo for reporting negative news on the country's leadership. (references)

Economic History

Bulgaria

The issuance of a writ enables seizure of assets. (references)

Egypt

Fines amount to less than $100 per seizure, not per infringement. (references)

South Africa

The ITD has the power of interrogation, search and seizure, and may procure assets or evidence. (references)

Human Rights

Estonia

The law requires a search warrant for the search and seizure of property. (references)

Pakistan

Several days later, the NAB admitted that it authorized Lakhani's seizure. (references)

Ukraine

The prosecutor's office is no longer authorized to issue arrest or search and seizure warrants. (references)

Indigenous People

Chile

In September a land seizure in Loncali was ended by the intervention of a large detachment of armed Carabineros. (references)

Minorities

Zimbabwe

President Mugabe accused the white minority of having too close ties to their ancestral countries, and criticized other governments for trying to interfere with the "continuing liberation struggle." During the year, the Government embarked on a far-reaching fast-track resettlement program whereby 85 to 90 percent of large-scale, white-owned commercial farms were designated for seizure with no clear means for providing compensation. (references)

Political Economy

GHANA

Non-complying goods are subject to government seizure. (references)

Trade

Philippines

Mislabeling, misrepresentation or misbranding may subject an entire shipment to seizure and disposal. (references)

Egypt

ECGC's guarantee also covers political risk (non-commercial), which includes the following: cancellation of the importer's license by his/her country's authorities; refusal of entry of goods by the importer's government; denial of permission to transit a country's territory; seizure or confiscation of exported goods by the importer's country or the transit country; insolvency of a public-owned importer; or military actions or civil disturbances that affect the importer's assets. (references)

Travel

Lebanon

TEMPORARY ENTRY OF GOODS: There are no restrictions on the temporary entry of goods (such as laptops, software) for personal use and for samples worth less than $2,000. It is advisable that an ATA form be filled out for exhibit materials and for samples exceeding in value $2,000. Video and audio disks and tapes may be subject to search and seizure. (references)

Worker Rights

United Arab Emirates

Repeat violators will be subject to increased fines and truck seizure periods. (references)

Bosnia and Herzegovina

Methods ranging from seizure of passports and kidnaping to the threat and use of physical violence are used to ensure the compliance of victims. (references)

United Arab Emirates

Truck owners who transport workers in violation of the order are subject to fines of $35 (100 dirhams) and the seizure of their truck for at least a week. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

Seizure

Expressions using "seizure": epileptic seizure ♦ focal seizure ♦ freedom from search and seizure ♦ generalized seizure ♦ have a seizure ♦ illegal seizure ♦ seizure of immovable property ♦ seizure of power ♦ unlawful seizure. Additional references.

Beginning with "seizure": seizure-like.

Afrikaan

beroerte (apoplectic, apoplectic fit, fit, stroke, stroke of apoplexy), apopleksie (apoplectic, apoplectic fit, fit, stroke, stroke of apoplexy). (various references)

Albanian

pushtim (capture, conquest, invasion, jaw, mastership, seizing, take over, taking), marrje (acquirement, assumption, jaw, metering, pickup, receipt, reception, recipiency, taking), krizë (access, attack, blizzard, conjuncture, crisis, famine, fit, paroxysm, slump, turn), konfiskim (confiscation, expropriation, forfeit, forfeiture, impressment, sequestration), arrestim (arrest, custody, detention, pinch, recapture, taking). (various references)

Arabic 

‏مصادرة (attachment, condemnation, confiscation, conscription, expropriation, forfeit, forfeiture, requisition, sequestration), ‏نوبة مرضية, ‏قبض (catch, constrict, constriction, contraction, get hold of, grasp, pinch, taking), ‏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, seize, sequester, sequestration, shut, staunch, stop, tackle), ‏إستيلاء (appropriation, requisition, takeover), ‏إعتقال (apprehension, arrest, detention, hold, recapture, sneeze), ‏أسر (captivate, captivity, capture, catch, enthralling, intrigue, prison, seize, servitude, take, take prisoner), ‏أزمة (crisis, recession, squeeze, turn). (various references)

Bulgarian 

конфискуване (sequestration), конфискувани стоки, конфискувани имоти, конфискация (condemnation, confiscation, forfeit, forfeiture), завземане, арестуване (apprehension, arrest, attachment, charge, cop, custody, detention, lockup, pinch), апопклетичен удар, пристъп (accession, attack, bout, eruption, fit, go, onslaught, paroxysm, spasm, twinge), припадък (faint, fainting fit, fit, insensibility, paroxysm, swoon, syncope). (various references)

Chinese 

夺取 (Captured, Capturing, snatch). (various references)

Czech

zablokování, záchvat (attack, bout, burst, conniption, dose, fit, gust, onrush, outbreak, spasm), využití èeho, konfiskace (confiscation, sequestration), dopadení (capture), chycení (capture, catch, troll). (various references)

Danish

konfiskering (arrest, attachment), konfiskation, epileptisk anfald (epileptic attack), beslaglaeggelse, beslaglæggelse (arrest, attachment), belaegning (carpet, coating, coverings, deck, overlay, paving, skim coating), adhaesivt slid (fouling, galling, seizing). (various references)

Dutch

beslag (armour, attachment, brace, brew, collar, dough, ferrule, fur, gyle, ironwork, mounting, paste, pastry, rebate, shrinking, studs). (various references)

Esperanto

juĝa preno (attachment), apopleksio (apoplectic fit, fit, stroke, stroke of apoplexy). (various references)

Farsi 

حمله ناگهانی مرض (Paroxysm), تصرف (Occupancy, Occupation, Possession, Tenure), ضبط (Record, Retention), ربایش (Grab, Rapture, Snatch). (various references)

Finnish

varaus (allocation, charge, electric charge, electricity, proviso, reservation, reserve, seizing), takavarikointi, epileptinen kohtaus (epileptic attack). (various references)

French

saisie (sequestration), prise (seizing, setting up), confiscation (sequestration). (various references)

German

Pfändung (attachment, distraint, garnishment), Beschlagnahme (arrest, attachment, blockade, condemnation, confiscation, impounding, impressment, levy, monopolization, requisition), Beschlagnahmung (confiscation, impoundment, requisition). (various references)

Greek 

κατάσχεση (arrest, attachment, attachment by garnishment, confiscation, foreclosure, forfeiture, garnishment, requisition, seizing, sequestration). (various references)

Hebrew 

תפיס�" (apprehension, capture, cop, grasp, hold, occupation, outlook, perception, snatch), שבץ (apoplexy, convulsion, fit, paralysis, spasm, stroke), �"תקף לב (heart attack, heart failure), �"שתלטות (domination, prevailing, taking control). (various references)

Hungarian

megragadás (clutch, epiphany, grab, grasp, grip, seizing, tackle), elkobzás (confiscation, embargo, forfeiture, interception, poundage, sequestration), lefoglalt áru, elkobzott dolog. (various references)

Indonesian

pembeslahan, beslah (confiscation). (various references)

Italian

sequestro (abduction, confiscation, deposit, deprivation of personal freedom, kidnapping, sequester, sequestration, sequestrum), grippaggio (binding, fouling, galling, jamming, locking, seizing), apoplessia (apoplectic, apoplectic fit, apoplexy, blight, fit, stroke, stroke of apoplexy). (various references)

Japanese Kanji 

捕獲 (capture). (various references)

Japanese Katakana 

おうしゅう (confiscation, Europe, interior province, northern part of Japan, reply, the interior), さしおさえ (attachment), ほそく (capture, complement, pacing off, supplement, supplementary rules), ほかく (capture, conservatism and progressivism, conservatives and reformists, supplement), ろかく (capture, plunder), よ�"どり (snatching, usurpation), てどり (after tax income, catch in one's hands, net income), � ほ (capture). (various references)

Korean 

나포. (various references)

Manx

teaym (attack, bout, bout of sickness, caprice, fad, fit, mood, notion, spasm, swoon, vagary, whim), goaill (acceptance, affect, apprehend, apprehension, arrest, assumption, assumption of office, bring off, capture, catch, contract, contract as disease, contraction, distrain, draw off, engage, expropriation, impound, preoccupation, reduce, take). (various references)

Pig Latin

eizuresay

Portuguese

embargo (appeal, attachment, caveat, detainer, detention, embargo, escheat, estoppel, injunction, lien, objection to a default judgement), apreensão (apprehension, apprehensiveness, arrest, capture, creeps, misgiving, prehension, seizing, sense, sequestration). (various references)

Romanian

sechestrare (sequester, sequestration), prindere (bout, catch, catchment, grip, gripe, hold, hug, nip, take, taking), ocupare (holding, occupancy, occupation), luare în stãpânire, gripaj, confiscare (confiscation, forfeit, forfeiture), capturare (catch, catchment), atac de apoplexie (a stroke of apoplexy), apucare (bout, catch, clutch, grab, grapnel, grasp, grip, gripe, hold, hug, nip, pluck, prehension, purchase, seizing, snatch), acces (access, accession, adit, admission, admittance, approach, convulsion, door, gust, outbreak, outburst, reach, relapse, spasm), acaparare (engrossment). (various references)

Russian 

захват (caption, capture, catch, dog, grab, grapnel, grip, hold, hug, jaw, lockout, take over, taking). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian

nastup (advent, appearance, attack, bout, burst, conniption, fit, flash, onset), konfiskacija (confiscation, sequestration), iznenadan napad (blitz), hvatanje (bite, capture, catch, interception, prehension, seizing, snap). (various references)

Spanish

toma (administration, assumption, capture, fall, gathering, grasping, headrace, here, hough, increment, intake, intake point, outlet, port, raiser, reduction, removal of portions, shot, take, take that, takeoff, taking, taking out of portions, tap), embargo (attachment, distress, embargo, release, sequestration), apoplejía (apoplectic fit, apoplexy, fit, stroke, stroke of apoplexy). (various references)

Swedish

gripande (capture, enthraling, enthralling, grasping, gripping, haunting, moving, pathetic, touching), attack (access, aggression, attack, fit, inroad), anfall (access, aggression, assault, attack, attacks, bout, charge, fit, offence, offense, offensive, onfall, onset, outburst, rush, set, spasm, thrust). (various references)

Turkish

zapt (conquest), yakalama (catch, clutch, interception, snatch), tutma (catch, containment, grasp, gripping, hold, holding, inhibition, interception, prehension, redemption, repression, restraint, retention, suppression, tackle, take, vogue), inme (apoplexy, descending, fall, going down, landing, palsy, paralysis, stroke), haciz (attachment, confiscation, distraint, distress, garnishment, levy, sequestration, vesting), gasp (disseisin, disseizin, extortion, grab, hijack, hijacking, rape, spoliation, usurpation, wrest), felç (apoplectic, apoplectical, apoplexy, palsy, paralysis, stroke), ele geçirme (capture, interception, take over, taking), el koyma (appropriation, dip, distraint, expropriation, ouster, seisin, seizin, usurpation). (various references)

Turkmen 

kakyn (attack, fit). (various references)

Ukranian 

конфіскація (condemnation, confiscation, expropriation, forfeit, forfeiture, sequestration), оволодіння (acquirement, taking). (various references)

Vietnamese 

sự tịch biên sự bị ngập máu, sự nắm lấy sự tóm (seizing), sự lên cơn, sự chiếm lấy (seizing), sự chiếm đoạt (despoiliation, despoilment, disseisin, disseizin, seizing, usurpation), sự cướp lấy (seizing). (various references)

epilepsia. (various references)

apoplexia, correptio, correptione, correptionem, correptiones, correptioni, correptionis, creptio, ereptio. (various references)

raptura. (various references)

Derivations

Words beginning with "seizure": seizures. (additional references)

Words ending with "seizure": antiseizure, subseizure. (additional references)

Words containing "seizure": subseizures. (additional references)

Misspellings

"Seizure" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: eizure, Feizor, Keisure, Saisuree, sauoure, seigure, seisor, seisure, seiure, seizoure, seizue, seizur, seizured, seizurel, seizurs, seziure, siesure, siezure, Siliguri, sizure. (additional references)

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

-1 letter: resize, seizer.

-2 letters: reuse, seize, sieur, siree, sizer.

-3 letters: ires, rees, reis, rise, rues, ruse, seer, sere, sire, size, suer, sure, user, zees.

-4 letters: ere, ers, ire, ree, rei, res, rue, see, sei, ser, sir, sri, sue, use, zee.

-5 letters: er, es, is, re, si, us.

+1 letter: seizures, suberize.

+2 letters: suberized, suberizes, supersize, undersize.

+3 letters: cauterizes, equalizers, eulogizers, nebulizers, pasteurize, pauperizes, pressurize, pulverizes, reutilizes, rubberizes, ruggedizes, secularize, securitize, subseizure, supersized, texturizes, undersized.

+4 letters: antiseizure, desulfurize, euphemizers, neutralizes, pasteurized, pasteurizer, pasteurizes, pressurized, pressurizer, pressurizes, pulverizers, regularizes, rehumanizes, rheumatizes, secularized, secularizer, secularizes, securitized, securitizes, subfreezing, subseizures, trapeziuses.

+5 letters: computerizes, decarburizes, depressurize, desulfurized, desulfurizes, neutralizers, overutilizes, pasteurizers, pressurizers, reauthorizes, repressurize, secularizers, suzerainties, universalize, unsterilized.

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