All seize synonyms

verb seize

• dig up — to break up, turn over, or remove earth, sand, etc., as with a shovel, spade, bulldozer, or claw; make an excavation.
• obtain — to come into possession of; get, acquire, or procure, as through an effort or by a request: to obtain permission; to obtain a better income.
• grip — the act of grasping; a seizing and holding fast; firm grasp.
• glom — to steal.
• deprive — If you deprive someone of something that they want or need, you take it away from them, or you prevent them from having it.
• fence in — a barrier enclosing or bordering a field, yard, etc., usually made of posts and wire or wood, used to prevent entrance, to confine, or to mark a boundary.
• coll — to embrace (a person)
• accessing — the ability, right, or permission to approach, enter, speak with, or use; admittance: They have access to the files.
• fine — of superior or best quality; of high or highest grade: fine wine.
• downing — a downward movement; descent.
• dognap — to steal (a dog), especially for the purpose of selling it for profit.
• get the hang of — to understand the technique of doing something
• arrive at — to reach by traveling
• bag — A bag is a container made of thin paper or plastic, for example one that is used in shops to put things in that a customer has bought.
• garrisoned — a body of troops stationed in a fortified place.
• assume — If you assume that something is true, you imagine that it is true, sometimes wrongly.
• forayed — a quick, sudden attack: The defenders made a foray outside the walls.
• dancing — When people dance for enjoyment or to entertain others, you can refer to this activity as dancing.
• lay waste — to consume, spend, or employ uselessly or without adequate return; use to no avail or profit; squander: to waste money; to waste words.
• go in for — to move or proceed, especially to or from something: They're going by bus.
• lay hold of — to seize or grasp
• ferreting — a domesticated, usually red-eyed, and albinic variety of the polecat, used in Europe for driving rabbits and rats from their burrows.
• bite — If you bite something, you use your teeth to cut into it, for example in order to eat it or break it. If an animal or person bites you, they use their teeth to hurt or injure you.
• jam — to press, squeeze, or wedge tightly between bodies or surfaces, so that motion or extrication is made difficult or impossible: The ship was jammed between two rocks.
• confiscate — If you confiscate something from someone, you take it away from them, usually as a punishment.
• garrisoning — Present participle of garrison.
• leave no stone unturned — the hard substance, formed of mineral matter, of which rocks consist.
• downed — from higher to lower; in descending direction or order; toward, into, or in a lower position: to come down the ladder.
• conscripted — enrolled for compulsory service, esp military service
• muscle in — a tissue composed of cells or fibers, the contraction of which produces movement in the body.
• nab — to arrest or capture.
• glomming — to steal.
• dip into — to plunge (something, as a cloth or sponge) temporarily into a liquid, so as to moisten it, dye it, or cause it to take up some of the liquid: He dipped the brush into the paint bucket.
• expropriate — (especially of the state ) take away (property) from its owner.
• feel for — to perceive or examine by touch.
• lay one's hands on — the terminal, prehensile part of the upper limb in humans and other primates, consisting of the wrist, metacarpal area, fingers, and thumb.
• hit upon — to deal a blow or stroke to: Hit the nail with the hammer.
• wrest — to twist or turn; pull, jerk, or force by a violent twist.
• carry off — If you carry something off, you do it successfully.
• grab — to seize suddenly or quickly; snatch; clutch: He grabbed me by the collar.
• go to — functioning properly and ready: two minutes before the satellite is to be launched and all systems are go.
• carve out — to make or create (a career)
• avail oneself of — to make use of to one's advantage
• catch on — If you catch on to something, you understand it, or realize that it is happening.
• clutch — If you clutch at something or clutch something, you hold it tightly, usually because you are afraid or anxious.
• kidnap — to steal, carry off, or abduct by force or fraud, especially for use as a hostage or to extract ransom.
• arrogate — If someone arrogates to themselves something such as a responsibility or privilege, they claim or take it even though they have no right to do so.
• adopt — If you adopt a new attitude, plan, or way of behaving, you begin to have it.