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Noun: seizure  see-zhu(r)
  1. A sudden occurrence (or recurrence) of a disease
    "he suffered an epileptic seizure";
    - ictus, raptus
     
  2. The act of forcibly dispossessing an owner of property
    - capture, gaining control
     
  3. The act of taking of a person by force
    - capture
     
  4. The taking possession of something by legal process

Derived forms: seizures

Type of: acquiring, appropriation, attack, felony, getting

Encyclopedia: Seizure