Seizure - definition, pronunciation, transcription

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Amer.  |ˈsiːʒər|  American pronunciation of the word seizure
Brit.  |ˈsiːʒə|  British pronunciation of the word seizure

noun

- a sudden occurrence (or recurrence) of a disease (syn: ictus)
he suffered an epileptic seizure
- the act of forcibly dispossessing an owner of property (syn: capture)
- the act of taking of a person by force (syn: capture)
- the taking possession of something by legal process

Extra examples

Not all searches and seizures by the police require a warrant.

Word forms

noun
singular: seizure
plural: seizures
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