Dictionary Check: seize

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"seize" is a valid word!

Scrabble 14 points

Words with Friends 14 points

verb

take into your hands deliberately

Example: "The sales clerk quickly seized the money on the counter"

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verb

take or capture by force

Example: "The terrorists seized the politicians"

verb

take possession of by force, as after an invasion

Example: "the invaders seized the land and property of the inhabitants"

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verb

take temporary possession of as a security, by legal authority

Example: "The FBI seized the drugs"

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verb

seize and take control without authority and possibly with force; take as one's right or possession

Example: "He assumed to himself the right to fill all positions in the town"

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verb

hook by a pull on the line

Example: "strike a fish"

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