What is the meaning of seize?

verb

• Take hold of; grab.
  • usage: "The sales clerk quickly seized the money on the counter"; "She clutched her purse"; "The mother seized her child by the arm"; "Birds of prey often seize small mammals"
  • synonyms: prehend, clutch
• Take or capture by force.
  • usage: "The terrorists seized the politicians"; "The rebels threaten to seize civilian hostages"
• Take possession of by force, as after an invasion.
  • usage: "the invaders seized the land and property of the inhabitants"; "The army seized the town"; "The militia captured the castle"
  • synonyms: appropriate, capture, conquer
• Take temporary possession of as a security, by legal authority.
  • usage: "The FBI seized the drugs"; "The customs agents impounded the illegal shipment"; "The police confiscated the stolen artwork"
  • synonyms: impound, attach, sequester, confiscate
• Seize and take control without authority and possibly with force; take as one's right or possession.
  • usage: "He assumed to himself the right to fill all positions in the town"; "he usurped my rights"; "She seized control of the throne after her husband died"
  • synonyms: assume, usurp, take over, arrogate
• Hook by a pull on the line.
  • usage: "strike a fish"
• Affect.
  • usage: "Fear seized the prisoners"; "The patient was seized with unbearable pains"; "He was seized with a dreadful disease"
  • synonyms: clutch, get hold of
• Capture the attention or imagination of.
  • usage: "This story will grab you"; "The movie seized my imagination"
  • synonyms: grab