seize

siepata

napata

vallata

saada valtoihinsa

kaapata puhekieltä To deliberately take hold of; to grab or capture.
puhekieltä To take advantage of (an opportunity or circumstance).
puhekieltä To take possession of (by force, law etc.).

to seize smuggled goods

to seize a ship after libeling

This sensation of an object becoming alive is a characteristic that, I believe, seizes all viewers of a van Gogh. The Bible goes beyond being a simple still-life object to become a living thing, an expression of strength, an existence that emanates from itself, beyond the painting surface to participate in our very lives.

a panic seized the crowd

a fever seized him

to seize two fish-hooks back to back

to seize or stop one rope on to another

to seize on the neck of a horse

The text which had seized upon his heart with such comfort and strength abode upon him for more than a year. (Southey, Bunyan, p. 21)

Nearing what she thought was a climax, he started seizing and fell off her. Later, realizing he was dead, she became alarmed and dragged the body to his vehicle to make it look like he had died in his truck.

Rust caused the engine to seize, never to run again.