verb (v)

• take hold of; grab(verb.contact)

  Example:
  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.
  

  Synonym:
  clutch, prehend
  

  source: wordnet30
• take or capture by force(verb.contact)

  Example:
  The terrorists seized the politicians.
  The rebels threaten to seize civilian hostages.
  

  source: wordnet30
• take possession of by force, as after an invasion(verb.possession)

  Example:
  The invaders seized the land and property of the inhabitants.
  The army seized the town.
  

  Synonym:
  appropriate, capture, conquer
  

  source: wordnet30
• take temporary possession of as a security, by legal authority(verb.possession)

  Example:
  The FBI seized the drugs.
  

  Synonym:
  attach, confiscate, impound, sequester
  

  source: wordnet30
• seize and take control without authority and possibly with force; take as one's right or possession(verb.possession)

  Example:
  She seized control of the throne after her husband died.
  

  Synonym:
  arrogate, assume, take over, usurp
  

  source: wordnet30
• hook by a pull on the line(verb.contact)

  source: wordnet30
• affect(verb.cognition)

  Example:
  Fear seized the prisoners.
  The patient was seized with unbearable pains.
  He was seized with a dreadful disease.
  

  Synonym:
  clutch, get hold of
  

  source: wordnet30
• capture the attention or imagination of(verb.cognition)

  Example:
  The movie seized my imagination.
  

  Synonym:
  grab
  

  source: wordnet30
• To fall or rush upon suddenly and lay hold of; to gripe or grasp suddenly; to reach and grasp.(verb)

  source: webster1913