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seize
/siz/ · 5 letters · 4 distinct letters
- verb
take hold of; grab
The sales clerk quickly seized the money on the counter
- verb
take or capture by force
The terrorists seized the politicians
- verb
take possession of by force, as after an invasion
the invaders seized the land and property of the inhabitants
- verb
take temporary possession of as a security, by legal authority
The FBI seized the drugs
- verb
seize and take control without authority and possibly with force; take as one's right or possession
He assumed to himself the right to fill all positions in the town