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Rape :: Rape (n.) The act of seizing and carrying away by force; violent seizure; robbery.

Capture :: Capture (n.) The act of seizing by force, or getting possession of by superior power or by stratagem; as, the capture of an enemy, a vessel, or a criminal..

Grasping :: Grasping (a.) Seizing; embracing; catching.

Seizing :: Seizing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Seiz.

Disseizing :: Disseizing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Disseiz.

Trussing :: Trussing (n.) The act of a hawk, or other bird of prey, in seizing its quarry, and soaring with it into air..

Catching :: Catching (n.) The act of seizing or taking hold of.

Rapture :: Rapture (n.) A seizing by violence; a hurrying along; rapidity with violence.

Prehension :: Prehension (n.) The act of taking hold, seizing, or grasping, as with the hand or other member..

Levy :: Levy (v. i.) To seize property, real or personal, or subject it to the operation of an execution; to make a levy; as, to levy on property; the usual mode of levying, in England, is by seizing the goods..

Rapacious :: Rapacious (a.) Given to plunder; disposed or accustomed to seize by violence; seizing by force.

Usurpation :: Usurpation (n.) The act of usurping, or of seizing and enjoying; an authorized, arbitrary assumption and exercise of power, especially an infringing on the rights of others; specifically, the illegal seizure of sovereign power; -- commonly used with of, also used with on or upon; as, the usurpation of a throne; the usurpation of the supreme power..

Disseizin :: Disseizin (n.) The act of disseizing; an unlawful dispossessing and ouster of a person actually seized of the freehold.

Taking :: Taking (n.) The act of gaining possession; a seizing; seizure; apprehension.

Rapine :: Rapine (n.) The act of plundering; the seizing and carrying away of things by force; spoliation; pillage; plunder.

Surprise :: Surprise (n.) The act of coming upon, or taking, unawares; the act of seizing unexpectedly; surprisal; as, the fort was taken by surprise..

Reseizure :: Reseizure (n.) A second seizure; the act of seizing again.

Apprehension :: Apprehension (n.) The act of seizing or taking by legal process; arrest; as, the felon, after his apprehension, escaped..

Nippers :: Nippers (n. pl.) A device with fingers or jaws for seizing an object and holding or conveying it; as, in a printing press, a clasp for catching a sheet and conveying it to the form..

Seizing :: Seizing (n.) The act of taking or grasping suddenly.

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