vt.

1. 抓住；捉住
   The police seized an escaping convict.

   警察抓住了一個在逃犯。

   He seized her hand and shook it heartily.

   他拉住她的手高興地握著。

2. 奪取；攻佔
   The enemy seized the town after a violent attack.

   敵人猛攻後佔領了這個城鎮。

3. 逮捕；擄獲
4. 沒收；扣押；查封
   The customs officers seized the smuggled heroin.

   海關官員沒收了走私的海洛因。

5. 抓住（時機等），利用
   He seized the chance of a trip to Singapore.

   他抓住那次去新加坡旅行的機會。

6. 掌握，理解
7. （疾病）侵襲；（情緒）支配，控制[H][（+by/with）]
   He was seized with a slight attack of fever.

   他有一點發燒。

   He was suddenly seized with panic.

   他突然驚恐萬分。

8. 【律】依法佔有

vi.

1. 抓住，捉住；奪取[（+on/upon）]
   We seized on his remark and regarded it as a promise.

   我們抓住他的話把它當作是一種承諾。

2. 利用[（+on/upon）]
3. （機器等因受壓等）卡住，咬住

v.

1. take hold of suddenly and forcibly.
   ▸take forcible possession of.
   ▸(of the police or another authority) take possession of by warrant or legal right.
2. take (an opportunity) eagerly and decisively.
   ▸ (seize on/upon) take eager advantage of.
3. affect suddenly or acutely.
4. (of a machine with moving parts or a moving part in a machine) become jammed.
5. (also seise) (be seized of) English Law  be in legal possession of.
   ▸historical have or receive freehold possession of (property).
   ▸be aware or informed of.