Seizure
Crossword Clue and Answers

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Publications

  • Evening Standard Easy Crossword - Thursday, 29 Jul 2021
  • The Daily Mail Quick - Tuesday, 27 Oct 2020
  • The Daily Mail Quick - Wednesday, 20 Nov 2019
  • The New York Times Crossword - Friday, 4 Aug 2017

Crossword Answers

3 letters

FIT
The manner in which something fits; "I admired the fit of her coat"

4 letters

GRAB
The act of catching an object with the hands; "Mays made the catch with his back to the plate"; "he made a grab for the ball before it landed"; "Martin's snatch at the bridle failed and the horse raced away"; "the infielder's snap and throw was a single motion"

5 letters

SPASM
(pathology) sudden constriction of a hollow organ (as a blood vessel)

ICTUS
A sudden occurrence (or recurrence) of a disease; "he suffered an epileptic seizure"

6 letters

RAPTUS
A state of being carried away by overwhelming emotion; "listening to sweet music in a perfect rapture"- Charles Dickens

ARREST
The act of apprehending (especially apprehending a criminal); "the policeman on the beat got credit for the collar"

7 letters

CAPTURE
The act of forcibly dispossessing an owner of property

8 letters

PAROXYSM
A sudden uncontrollable attack; "a paroxysm of giggling"; "a fit of coughing"; "convulsions of laughter"

10 letters

ANNEXATION
The formal act of acquiring something (especially territory) by conquest or occupation; "the French annexation of Madagascar as a colony in 1896"; "a protectorate has frequently been a first step to annexation"

12 letters

CONFISCATION
Seizure by the government

13 letters

APPROPRIATION
A deliberate act of acquisition of something, often without the permission of the owner; "the necessary funds were obtained by the government's appropriation of the company's operating unit"; "a person's appropriation of property belonging to another is dishonest"

14 letters

GAININGCONTROL
The act of forcibly dispossessing an owner of property