Seize - traduction, prononciation, transcription

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Amer.  |siːz|  American pronunciation of the word seize
Brit.  |siːz|  British pronunciation of the word seize

verb

- saisir; Ed (syn: clutch)
The sales clerk quickly seized the money on the counter
The mother seized her child by the arm
Birds of prey often seize small mammals
- prendre ou capturer par la forceEd
The terrorists seized the politicians
The rebels threaten to seize civilian hostages
- prendre possession par la force, comme après une invasionEd (syn: appropriate, capture, conquer)
the invaders seized the land and property of the inhabitants
The army seized the town
- prendre temporairement possession à titre de garantie, par autorité légaleEd (syn: attach, confiscate, impound, sequester)
The FBI seized the drugs
- saisir et prendre le contrôle sans autorisation et éventuellement avec force; Ed (syn: arrogate, assume, take over, usurp)
She seized control of the throne after her husband died
- crochet par une traction sur la ligneEd
- affecterEd (syn: clutch)
Fear seized the prisoners
The patient was seized with unbearable pains
He was seized with a dreadful disease
- capter l'attention ou l'imagination deEd (syn: grab)
The movie seized my imagination

Matrix of words

verb

- saisirseize, grasp, take, grab, understand, grip
- prendretake, have, catch, assume, take up, seize
- gripperseize, jam
- confisquerconfiscate, seize, impound, condemn, sequester, sequestrate
- capturercapture, catch, take, seize, recapture, track down
- se saisir deseize
- arrêterstop, arrest, quit, shut down, turn off, seize
- attrapercatch, seize, snare, trick, catch at, get the wind up
- se gripperseize
- détenirhold, detain, possess, keep, be detained, seize
- s'emparer deseize, capture, appropriate, take over, snatch, lay hold of
- s'emparerseize, possess, take over, jump, grab
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