| 单词 | seizure |
| 释义 | seizure (siːʒəʳ ) Word forms: seizures 1. countable noun If someone has a seizure, they have a sudden violent attack of an illness, especially one that affects their heart or brain. ...a mild cardiac seizure. I was prescribed drugs to control seizures. Synonyms: attack, fit, spasm, convulsion 2. countable noun If there is a seizure of power or a seizure of an area of land, a group of people suddenly take control of the place, using force. ...the seizure of territory through force. [+ of] Synonyms: taking, grabbing, annexation, confiscation 3. countable noun When an organization such as the police or customs service makes a seizure of illegal goods, they find them and take them away. Police have made one of the biggest seizures of heroin there's ever been in Britain. [+ of] ...arms seizures. Synonyms: confiscation, taking away, appropriation, commandeering 4. countable noun If a financial institution or a government makes a seizure of someone's assets, they take their money or property from them because they have not paid money that they owe. A court ordered the seizure of two ships for non-payment of the debt. [+ of] Collocations: land seizures Prime sources of anger include corrupt local officials, pollution, factory closures and land seizures. Times, Sunday Times It was dismissed, because of the 'enormity' of reversing the land seizures, the judge said. Times, Sunday Times Illegal land seizures by officials and developers have led to fierce conflicts in recent months. Times, Sunday Times Disputes over abusive land seizures - of which there were 170,000 officially registered cases last year - spark most of the riots euphemistically known as 'mass incidents'. Times, Sunday Times In 2008 the tribunal ruled that the land seizures were illegal and that the farmers should have their farms returned. Times, Sunday Times Translations: Chinese: 发作 Japanese: 発作 |
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