seizure

seizure
n
1. forceful possession, grasping, grabbing, snatching; capture, apprehension, interception; appropriation, confiscation, Law. sequestration, usurpation; takeover, Law. attachment, annexation, acquisition; dispossession, Law. disseizin, Law. divestment.
2. commandeering, piracy, sky or air piracy, hijacking, skyjacking; abduction, rape, kidnapping, Sl. snatch, impressment; pillage, plundering, marauding, looting; theft, robbery, stealing.
3. fit, convulsion, Pathol. ictus; spasm, paroxysm, throe; apoplexy, stroke, shock; attack, onset, grip.

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  • seizure — sei·zure / sē zhər/ n: the act, fact, or process of seizing: as a: the seizing of property that involves meaningful interference with a person s possessory interest in it seizure of evidence found in plain view see also plain view 2 b: the… …   Law dictionary

  • seizure — sei‧zure [ˈsiːʒə ǁ ər] noun [countable, uncountable] formal 1. LAW the act of taking goods or property because they are illegal, or because the owner has not paid a debt: • An authority may threaten seizure of goods or disconnection of vital… …   Financial and business terms

  • Seizure — Sei zure, n. 1. The act of seizing, or the state of being seized; sudden and violent grasp or gripe; a taking into possession; as, the seizure of a thief, a property, a throne, etc. [1913 Webster] 2. Retention within one s grasp or power; hold;… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • seizure — [n1] convulsive attack access, breakdown, convulsion, fit, illness, paroxysm, spasm, spell, stroke, throe, turn; concept 308 seizure [n2] capture, taking abduction, annexation, apprehension, arrest, bust*, collar*, commandeering, confiscation,… …   New thesaurus

  • Seizure — Seizure. См. Схватывание. (Источник: «Металлы и сплавы. Справочник.» Под редакцией Ю.П. Солнцева; НПО Профессионал , НПО Мир и семья ; Санкт Петербург, 2003 г.) …   Словарь металлургических терминов

  • seizure — (n.) act of seizing, late 15c., from SEIZE (Cf. seize) + URE (Cf. ure). Meaning sudden attack of illness is attested from 1779 …   Etymology dictionary

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  • seizure — [sē′zhər] n. 1. a) the act of one who seizes, or an instance of this b) the state or an instance of being seized 2. a sudden attack, esp. of a disease such as epilepsy …   English World dictionary

  • Seizure — MeshID = D012640 An epileptic seizure is caused by excessive and/or hypersynchronous electrical neuronal activity, and is usually self limiting.cite journal author = Blume W, Lüders H, Mizrahi E, Tassinari C, van Emde Boas W, Engel J title =… …   Wikipedia

  • seizure — [[t]si͟ːʒə(r)[/t]] seizures 1) N COUNT If someone has a seizure, they have a sudden violent attack of an illness, especially one that affects their heart or brain. ...a mild cardiac seizure... I was prescribed drugs to control seizures. 2) N… …   English dictionary

  • seizure — UK [ˈsiːʒə(r)] / US [ˈsɪʒər] noun Word forms seizure : singular seizure plural seizures 1) [countable/uncountable] the action of taking something or taking control of something, especially using power or force seizure of: the seizure of the… …   English dictionary

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