Definitions:

1. affect verb
   • Fear seized the prisoners
2. take or capture by force verb
   • The terrorists seized the politicians
3. take possession of by force, as after an invasion verb
   • the invaders seized the land and property of the inhabitants
4. take temporary possession of as a security, by legal authority verb
   • The FBI seized the drugs

Synonyms:

• assume
• capture
• clutch
• confiscate
• get hold of
• grab

NearBy Words:

• seizer