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Catch :: Catch (v. t.) To seize after pursuing; to arrest; as, to catch a thief..

Arraught :: Arraught () Obtained; seized.

Snap :: Snap (v. t.) That which is, or may be, snapped up; something bitten off, seized, or obtained by a single quick movement; hence, a bite, morsel, or fragment; a scrap..

Attach :: Attach (v. t.) To take by legal authority: (a) To arrest by writ, and bring before a court, as to answer for a debt, or a contempt; -- applied to a taking of the person by a civil process; being now rarely used for the arrest of a criminal. (b) To seize or take (goods or real estate) by virtue of a writ or precept to hold the same to satisfy a judgment which may be rendered in the suit. See Attachment, 4..

Corsair :: Corsair (n.) A pirate; one who cruises about without authorization from any government, to seize booty on sea or land..

Ingrapple :: Ingrapple (v. t. & i.) To seize; to clutch; to grapple.

Seize :: Seize (v. t.) To grap with the mind; to comprehend fully and distinctly; as, to seize an idea..

Crimp :: Crimp (v. t.) To pinch and hold; to seize.

Dispossess :: Dispossess (v. t.) To put out of possession; to deprive of the actual occupancy of, particularly of land or real estate; to disseize; to eject; -- usually followed by of before the thing taken away; as, to dispossess a king of his crown..

Distress :: Distress (n.) The thing taken by distraining; that which is seized to procure satisfaction.

Upcaught :: Upcaught (a.) Seized or caught up.

Reseize :: Reseize (v. t.) To seize again, or a second time..

Seize :: Seize (v. t.) To fasten; to fix.

Bite :: Bite (v. t.) To seize with the teeth, so that they enter or nip the thing seized; to lacerate, crush, or wound with the teeth; as, to bite an apple; to bite a crust; the dog bit a man..

Grabber :: Grabber (n.) One who seizes or grabs.

Rapacious :: Rapacious (a.) Given to plunder; disposed or accustomed to seize by violence; seizing by force.

Bag :: Bag (v. t.) To seize, capture, or entrap; as, to bag an army; to bag game..

Fishhawk :: Fishhawk (n.) The osprey (Pandion haliaetus), found both in Europe and America; -- so called because it plunges into the water and seizes fishes in its talons. Called also fishing eagle, and bald buzzard..

Catch :: Catch (n.) The posture of seizing; a state of preparation to lay hold of, or of watching he opportunity to seize; as, to lie on the catch..

Saltigrade :: Saltigrade (n.) One of the Saltigradae, a tribe of spiders which leap to seize their prey..

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