1 [U,C] ~ (of sth) the use of legal authority to take sth from sb; an amount of sth that is taken in this way:
The court ordered the seizure of his assets. * the largest ever seizure of cocaine at a British port
2 [U] ~ (of sth) the act of using force to take control of a country, town, etc:
the army's seizure of power * the seizure of Burma by Japan in 1942
3 (old-fashioned) [C] a sudden attack of an illness, especially one that affects the brain:
an epileptic seizure
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Is seizure a noun, verb, or something else?
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