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Arrest :: Arrest (v. t.) Any seizure by power, physical or moral..

Taking :: Taking (n.) The act of gaining possession; a seizing; seizure; apprehension.

Usurpation :: Usurpation (n.) The act of usurping, or of seizing and enjoying; an authorized, arbitrary assumption and exercise of power, especially an infringing on the rights of others; specifically, the illegal seizure of sovereign power; -- commonly used with of, also used with on or upon; as, the usurpation of a throne; the usurpation of the supreme power..

Apprehension :: Apprehension (n.) The act of seizing or taking hold of; seizure; as, the hand is an organ of apprehension..

Grab :: Grab (n.) A sudden grasp or seizure.

Forfeit :: Forfeit (n.) Lost or alienated for an offense or crime; liable to penal seizure.

Levy :: Levy (n.) The taking or seizure of property on executions to satisfy judgments, or on warrants for the collection of taxes; a collecting by execution..

Warrant :: Warrant (n.) A precept issued by a magistrate authorizing an officer to make an arrest, a seizure, or a search, or do other acts incident to the administration of justice..

Exemption :: Exemption (n.) The act of exempting; the state of being exempt; freedom from any charge, burden, evil, etc., to which others are subject; immunity; privilege; as, exemption of certain articles from seizure; exemption from military service; exemption from anxiety, suffering, etc..

Reseizure :: Reseizure (n.) A second seizure; the act of seizing again.

Grasp :: Grasp (n.) A gripe or seizure of the hand; a seizure by embrace, or infolding in the arms..

Clutch :: Clutch (n.) A gripe or clinching with, or as with, the fingers or claws; seizure; grasp..

Seizure :: Seizure (n.) The act of seizing, or the state of being seized; sudden and violent grasp or gripe; a taking into possession; as, the seizure of a thief, a property, a throne, etc..

Excussion :: Excussion (n.) The act of excusing; seizure by law.

Grapple :: Grapple (v. t.) A seizing or seizure; close hug in contest; the wrestler's hold.

Rape :: Rape (n.) The act of seizing and carrying away by force; violent seizure; robbery.

Usurp :: Usurp (v. i.) To commit forcible seizure of place, power, functions, or the like, without right; to commit unjust encroachments; to be, or act as, a usurper..

Gripe :: Gripe (n.) Grasp; seizure; fast hold; clutch.

Seizure :: Seizure (n.) That which is seized, or taken possession of; a thing laid hold of, or possessed..

Arrestment :: Arrestment (n.) The arrest of a person, or the seizure of his effects; esp., a process by which money or movables in the possession of a third party are attached..

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