See seizure in Webster's New World Roget's A-Z Thesaurus II
noun
The act of catching, especially a sudden taking and holding:
catch, clutch1, grab, snatch. See getThe act of taking something for oneself:
appropriation, arrogation, assumption, preemption, usurpation. See giveA seizing and holding by law:
apprehension, arrest. (Slang) bust, collar, pickup, pinch. See lawThe act of taking quick and forcible possession of:
confiscation, expropriation. See giveA sudden and often acute manifestation of a disease:
access, attack, fit2. (Informal) spell3. See health
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