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seize [si:z] VB trans

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1. seize (grab):

seize
prijemati [perf prijeti]
seize
grabiti [perf zagrabiti]
to seize sb
zgrabiti koga

2. seize usu passive fig (overcome):

to be seized with sth
biti prevzet od česa
to be seized with panic
postati paničen

5. seize (confiscate):

seize
zasegati [perf zaseči]
seize
zapleniti
seize
konfiscirati

seize on VB intr

seize up VB intr

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Usage examples with seized

to be seized with panic
postati paničen

Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

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His car's gearbox seized after a pit stop.
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Seized with a vertigo of indiscriminating vengeance, the powers are trifling with the peace of the world.
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The two taxpayer-owned firms have operated under conservatorship since 2008, when they were seized by regulators after losses on subprime loans pushed them toward insolvency.
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The territories seized by the king were called lands of Auvergne.
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For more serious or deliberate infractions, the goods in question may be seized or subject to forfeiture.
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Police questioned the gondolier and the pilot of the waterbus, and the two vessels were seized.
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The loot had been seized in a stagecoach heist and hidden away for later retrieval.
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The legislature seized upon the momentum and widespread support from the business and tourism sectors to get the bill passed.
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They drove the monks out and seized all their possessions, for which they were promptly excommunicated by gmundur.
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Often the opportunity was seized to settle private grudges and feuds.
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