n. 25B6; noun
Napoleon's seizure of Spain : CAPTURE, takeover, annexation, invasion, occupation, colonization.
the seizure of defaulters' property : CONFISCATION, appropriation, expropriation, sequestration; Law distraint; Scottish Law poind.
the seizure of UN staff by rebels : KIDNAPPING, kidnap, abduction.
the baby suffered a seizure : CONVULSION, fit, spasm, paroxysm; Medicine ictus; dated apoplexy.