seizing
see zing
- n small stuff that is used for lashing two or more ropes together
- n the act of gripping something firmly with the hands (or the tentacles)
- v take hold of; grab
- v take or capture by force
- v take possession of by force, as after an invasion
- v take temporary possession of as a security, by legal authority
- v seize and take control without authority and possibly with force; take as one's right or possession
- v hook by a pull on the line
- v affect
- v capture the attention or imagination of
- And for seizing the reins of the global media, for founding and framing the new digital democracy, for working for nothing and beating the pros at their own game, PTI's Person of .
- The lions waited until the buffalo got close enough and then pounced, seizing the baby and scattering the adults.
- Since seizing power in a coup last June, Bashir has found one pretext after another for preventing relief agencies from helping the hungry.