Noun: seizure see-zhu(r)
- The act of forcibly dispossessing an owner of property
"The seizure of the fortress dealt a decisive blow to the enemy";
- capture, gaining control
- The taking possession of something by legal process
"The government's seizure of the smuggled goods was carried out swiftly"
- The act of taking of a person by force
"The seizure of hostages by terrorists alarmed the international community";
- capture
- (medicine) a sudden attack or convulsion
"he suffered an epileptic seizure";
- ictus, raptus
Derived forms: seizures
Type of: acquiring, appropriation, attack, felony, getting
Encyclopedia: Seizure