seize
Example Sentences
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The reason for Marchar's detention and trial are his alleged links to White Army fighters who seized control of a military base from the national army last year, say the authorities.
From BBC
Occasionally he would seize the pencil and scrawl a word, underlining it, making sure I said it as I was supposed to.
From Literature
It is the second time in a week that Swedish authorities have seized a vessel suspected of being a part of Russia's shadow fleet.
From BBC
But locating and seizing the hundreds of kilograms of highly enriched uranium that Iran possesses would require an intricate choreography and could be fraught with risk.
Court filings say weapons were recovered and extremist material seized.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
