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The word 'seize' is correct and commonly used in written English
It is a verb that means to take hold of or capture something by force. Example: The police were able to seize the stolen property from the suspects' house.
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Seize
verb
To deliberately take hold of; to grab or capture.
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Anthony McIntyre, a former IRA life sentence prisoner and chief researcher on the Belfast project, defended the archive and blamed Boston College for failing to make clear to him and the interviewees that there was a legal treaty that allowed the British state to seize academic material from the United States.
Yemen says it has foiled an al-Qaida plot to blow up oil pipelines and seize some of the country's main ports, but security remains tight and hundreds of armoured vehicles have been deployed to protect key targets.
Rusbridger says there will be a legal challenge over whether the police were entitled to seize Miranda's material.
It is coping with the stream of people who seize their chance to trot out the one theatrical phrase that everybody on the planet knows.
The government ordered these forced deportations in 1915, and then passed laws to seize their lands and homes and churches on the pretext that they had been "abandoned".
Introducing pre-moderation, for instance, would easily prevent abuse; but would also cost a lot, and remove a lot of value advertisers see in the service, as they would no longer be able to seize on trends for "rapid response" advertising.
Related: Ukraine pro-Russia forces seize strategic Debaltseve railway hub despite truce Vladimir Putin sought to delay the ceasefire by 10 days because he wanted to give separatists time to capture the town, an EU summit was told last week.
Sexton has never witnessed a white-tailed eagle actually seize a lamb.
Related: A chance to save Syria that world leaders must seize this week| Letter from David Miliband, Philip Luther and others Taken from 500 miles above the Earth, the satellite images have permitted a comparison of night-time light levels in March 2011 and in February 2014.
"A lot of people had anticipated that after a referendum victory the Labour party would become more confident and seize the agenda, and the opposite happened.
Critics may also seize on the declining ratings as evidence that Christmas TV is not as good as it once was.
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