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单词 seizure
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seizure

noun
/ˈsiːʒə(r)/
/ˈsiːʒər/
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  1. [uncountable, countable] seizure (of something) the use of legal authority to take something from somebody; an amount of something that is taken in this way
    • The court ordered the seizure of his assets.
    • the largest ever seizure of cocaine at a British port
    • The Act confers powers of entry, search and seizure on the police.
    Topics Law and justicec2
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective
    • biggest
    • largest
    • drug
    verb + seizure
    • make
    phrases
    • search and seizure
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  2. [uncountable] seizure of something 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
    • The invasion began with the seizure of the country's largest southern city.
  3. [countable] (old-fashioned) a sudden attack of an illness, especially one that affects the brain
    • to have/suffer an epileptic seizure
    Topics Illnessc2
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