"seizure" in the noun sense
1. seizure, ictus, raptus
a sudden occurrence (or recurrence) of a disease
"he suffered an epileptic seizure"
2. capture, gaining control, seizure
the act of forcibly dispossessing an owner of property
3. capture, seizure
the act of taking of a person by force
4. seizure
the taking possession of something by legal process
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