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Clutch :: Clutch (n.) A gripe or clinching with, or as with, the fingers or claws; seizure; grasp..

Seizure :: Seizure (n.) The act of seizing, or the state of being seized; sudden and violent grasp or gripe; a taking into possession; as, the seizure of a thief, a property, a throne, etc..

Arrest :: Arrest (v. t.) Any seizure by power, physical or moral..

Grasp :: Grasp (n.) A gripe or seizure of the hand; a seizure by embrace, or infolding in the arms..

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..

Seguestration :: Seguestration (n.) The seizure of the property of an individual for the use of the state; particularly applied to the seizure, by a belligerent power, of debts due from its subjects to the enemy..

Handygripe :: Handygripe (n.) Seizure by, or grasp of, the hand; also, close quarters in fighting..

Disseizure :: Disseizure (n.) Disseizin.

Attachment :: Attachment (n.) The writ or percept commanding such seizure or taking.

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

Levy :: Levy (n.) The taking or seizure of property on executions to satisfy judgments, or on warrants for the collection of taxes; a collecting by execution..

Arret :: Arret (n.) An arrest; a legal seizure.

Arrestment :: Arrestment (n.) The arrest of a person, or the seizure of his effects; esp., a process by which money or movables in the possession of a third party are attached..

Grab :: Grab (n.) A sudden grasp or seizure.

Forfeit :: Forfeit (n.) Lost or alienated for an offense or crime; liable to penal seizure.

Apprehension :: Apprehension (n.) The act of seizing or taking hold of; seizure; as, the hand is an organ of apprehension..

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

Excussion :: Excussion (n.) The act of excusing; seizure by law.

Hold :: Hold (n.) The act of holding, as in or with the hands or arms; the manner of holding, whether firm or loose; seizure; grasp; clasp; gripe; possession; -- often used with the verbs take and lay..

Seizure :: Seizure (n.) Retention within one's grasp or power; hold; possession; ownership.

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