The word "seizure" is correct and usable in written English.
Generally, it is used to describe an event in which a person experiences abnormal activity in the brain, often resulting in a loss of consciousness. For example, "John suffered a seizure yesterday and had to be taken to the hospital."
In a letter handed out by activists to managers at each Shell station, John Sauven, executive director of Greenpeace UK, wrote: "28 activists and two journalists remain in detention after the seizure of our ship Arctic Sunrise by armed Russian Federal Security Bureau agents.
The violent seizure of white-owned farms in the 2000s, they argue, was a historic reclaiming of land from the legacy of colonialism, an act that South Africa and other post-independence governments have not dared carry out.
The EU described the Russian seizure of Crimea this week as "an act of aggression" – but it does not know how to respond.
Each time she suffered a seizure, her development regressed.
After the last publicized seizure, athletic director Norwood Teague said the school has "100% confidence in Jerry".
The Surgeon is subject to US and Canadian sanctions for his support of Moscow's seizure of Crimea from Ukraine last year.
If a stroke, heart attack, epileptic seizure happens, perhaps resulting in permanent disability as a result, then that is acceptable under our laws.
This power is limited to accessing the warrant premise and does not allow for the search and seizure of things in that adjoining premise".
The permanent court of arbitration rejected Moscow's arguments that the assets seizure was driven by tax-collection motives, ruling that the state set out to bankrupt the oil firm in "a devious and calculated expropriation".
"One reason for the airport seizure was the desire to prevent the landing of other troops.
I had my last seizure when I was about eight and, touch wood, I've been fine ever since.
