seizure
noun/ˈsiːʒə(r)/
/ˈsiːʒər/
- [uncountable, countable] seizure (of something) the use of legal authority to take something from somebody; an amount of something that is taken in this way
- The court ordered the seizure of his assets.
- the largest ever seizure of cocaine at a British port
- The Act confers powers of entry, search and seizure on the police.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- biggest
- largest
- drug
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- make
- search and seizure
- [uncountable] seizure of something the act of using force to take control of a country, town, etc.
- the army’s seizure of power
- the seizure of Burma by Japan in 1942
- The invasion began with the seizure of the country's largest southern city.
- [countable] (old-fashioned) a sudden attack of an illness, especially one that affects the brain
- to have/suffer an epileptic seizure
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