(פ') לתפוס; לאחוז; להחזיק; לעקל; לחטוף; להשתלט על-; לקפוץ על-, למהר ולנצל; לתקוף

v. take forcibly; grasp, hold; comprehend, understand; expropriate, confiscate; capture, apprehend; take control of; take advantage of promptly; attack; (Law) make a person the legal owner of merchandise or property; lash, tie or fasten something using several turns with a rope or cord

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Verb
1. take hold of; grab; "The salesclerk quickly seized the money on the counter"; "She clutched her purse"; "The mother seized her child by the arm"; "Birds of prey often seize small mammals"
(synonym) prehend, clutch
(hypernym) take, get hold of
(hyponym) nab
(derivation) grasping, taking hold, seizing, prehension
2. take or capture by force; "The terrorists seized the politicians"; "The rebels threaten to seize civilian hostages"
(hypernym) take, get hold of
(hyponym) raven
(derivation) capture, seizure
3. take possession of by force, as after an invasion; "the invaders seized the land and property of the inhabitants"; "The army seized the town"; "The militia captured the castle"
(synonym) appropriate, capture, conquer
(hypernym) assume, usurp, take over, arrogate
(hyponym) annex
(derivation) capture, gaining control, seizure
4. take temporary possession of as a security, by legal authority; "The FBI seized the drugs"; "The customs agents impounded the illegal shipment"; "The police confiscated the stolen artwork"
(synonym) impound, attach, sequester, confiscate
(hypernym) take
(hyponym) garnishee, garnish
(verb-group) sequester
(derivation) seizure
5. seize and take control without authority and possibly with force; take as one's right or possession; "He assumed to himself the right to fill all positions in the town"; "he usurped my rights"; "She seized control of the throne after her husband died"
(synonym) assume, usurp, take over, arrogate
(hypernym) take
(hyponym) annex
6. hook by a pull on the line; "strike a fish"
(hypernym) hook
7. affect; "Fear seized the prisoners"; "The patient was seized with unberable pains"; "He was seized with a dreadful disease"
(synonym) clutch, get hold of
(hypernym) overwhelm, overpower, sweep over, whelm, overcome, overtake
8. capture the attention or imagination of; "This story will grab you"; "The movie seized my imagination"
(synonym) grab
(hypernym) intrigue, fascinate

n. sixteen

adj. sixteen

v. popadnout; zachvátit; chopit se; zmocnit se; zkonfiskovat