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seizure - the taking possession of something by legal process |
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appropriation a deliberate act of acquisition of something, often without the permission of the owner; "the necessary funds were obtained by the government's appropriation of the company's operating unit"; "a person's appropriation of property belonging to another is dishonest"
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arrogation,
confiscation seizure by the government
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distraint,
distress the seizure and holding of property as security for payment of a debt or satisfaction of a claim; "Originally distress was a landlord's remedy against a tenant for unpaid rents or property damage but now the landlord is given a landlord's lien"
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impounding,
impoundment,
internment,
poundage placing private property in the custody of an officer of the law
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impress,
impressment the act of coercing someone into government service
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recapture the act of taking something back
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seizure - a sudden occurrence (or recurrence) of a disease; "he suffered an epileptic seizure" |
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ictus,
raptus |
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attack a decisive manner of beginning a musical tone or phrase
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convulsion a physical disturbance such as an earthquake or upheaval
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focal seizure transitory disturbance in motor or sensory function resulting from abnormal cortical activity
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raptus hemorrhagicus seizure caused by a sudden profuse hemorrhage
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absence seizure,
absence failure to be present
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