Seizure

(noun.) the taking possession of something by legal process.

(noun.) a sudden occurrence (or recurrence) of a disease; 'he suffered an epileptic seizure'.

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• The seizure of the station with a fit of trembling, gradually deepening to a complaint of the heart, announced the train. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 艰难时事.
• The famous diamonds had undergone a famous seizure, it appears, about which Becky, of course, knew nothing. 威廉·梅克比斯·萨克雷. 名利场.
• To save Strafford the King plotted for a sudden seizure of London by the army. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
• A sudden seizure of a different nature from any thing foreboded by her general state, had carried her off after a short struggle. 简·奥斯汀. 爱玛.
• If I were to see my father in one of these dreadful seizures I am convinced that I should never survive it. 阿瑟·柯南·道尔. 福尔摩斯回忆录.

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