seize :: Lexipedia - Where words have meaning

clutch, prehend

v. take hold of; grab; "The sales clerk 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"

take forcibly, take by force

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

appropriate, take possession of, take over

v. 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"; "he usurped my rights"; "She seized control of the throne after her husband died"

capture, conquer, take over

v. as of land

sequester, attach, impound, confiscate

v. take temporary possession of as a security, by legal authority; "The FBI seized the drugs"; "The customs agents impounded the illegal shipment"; "The police confiscated the stolen artwork"

stop, intercept

v. seize on its way; "The fighter plane was ordered to intercept an aircraft that had entered the country's airspace"

grasp, grip, hold on

v. hold firmly

support, hold, sustain, hold up

v. be the physical support of; carry the weight of; "The beam holds up the roof"; "He supported me with one hand while I balanced on the beam"; "What's holding that mirror?"

stand, stand up, place upright

v. put into an upright position; "Can you stand the bookshelf up?"

tackle, take on, come to grips with, undertake

v. accept as a challenge; "I'll tackle this difficult task"

hijack, highjack, pirate, commandeer, expropriate

v. take arbitrarily or by force; "The Cubans commandeered the plane and flew it to Miami"

lift, plagiarize, plagiarise

v. take without referencing from someone else's writing or speech; of intellectual property

pirate, copy illegally

v. copy illegally; of published material

hijack, highjack, pirate, commandeer, expropriate

v. take arbitrarily or by force; "The Cubans commandeered the plane and flew it to Miami"

get, acquire, get hold of

v. come into the possession of something concrete or abstract; "She got a lot of paintings from her uncle"; "They acquired a new pet"; "Get your results the next day"; "Get permission to take a few days off from work"

cage, cage in, confine in a cage

v. confine in a cage; "The animal was caged"

hijack, highjack, pirate, commandeer, expropriate

v. take arbitrarily or by force; "The Cubans commandeered the plane and flew it to Miami"

impress, shanghai

v. take (someone) against his will for compulsory service, especially on board a ship; "The men were shanghaied after being drugged"

take, remove, take away

v. remove something concrete, as by lifting, pushing, or taking off, or remove something abstract; "remove a threat"; "remove a wrapper"; "Remove the dirty dishes from the table"; "take the gun from your pocket"; "This machine withdraws heat from the environment"

hold, keep, maintain

v. keep in a certain state, position, or activity; e.g., "keep clean"; "hold in place"; "She always held herself as a lady"; "The students keep me on my toes"

lock, fasten with a lock

v. fasten with a lock; "lock the bike to the fence"

clasp, brooch

v. fasten with or as if with a brooch

join, conjoin, come together, make contact

v. make contact or come together; "The two roads join here"

link, yoke

v. link with or as with a yoke; "yoke the oxen together"

tie, link, connect, put together, connect together

v. connect, fasten, or put together two or more pieces; "Can you connect the two loudspeakers?"; "Tie the ropes together"; "Link arms"

portion, assign, allot

v. give out or allot; "We were assigned new uniforms"

charge, commit, send, institutionalize

v. cause to be admitted; of persons to an institution; "After the second episode, she had to be committed"; "he was committed to prison"

put, place, commit, invest

v. make an investment; "Put money into bonds"

reserve, earmark, set aside, allow, appropriate

v. give or assign a resource to a particular person or cause; "I will earmark this money for your research"; "She sets aside time for meditation every day"

obtain, secure, procure

v. come into possession of; "How did you obtain the visa?"

take up, hook onto, fasten onto, seize onto, latch on to

v. adopt; "take up new ideas"

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