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hijack

hijack : to seize possession or control of (a vehicle) from another person by

letter

French marque, from Old ProvenÇal marca, from marcar to mark, seize as pledge] : a letter from a government formerly used

ravish

ravish [Middle English, to seize and take away by violence, from Middle French raviss-, stem

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Take

one's possession, Power or Control by force or, Stratagem, to Seize or Capture Physically, Saidu Mohammad v. Food Inspector, 1973 Ker

In custodia legis

a term used of goods which, from having been already seized by the sheriff under an execution, or being otherwise in

Seizure

The act of seizing or the state of being seized sudden and violent grasp or gripe a taking into possession

aircraft piracy

an aircraft esp. in flight ;specif : the act of seizing control of an aircraft by force, violence, threat, or intimidation

distrain

an obligation by means of a distress 2 : to seize by distress compare enter vi : to levy a distress

Arrest

of West Bengal, (2005) 4 SCC 303. Arrest, means to seize or take into custody by authority of law, Webster Law

Dog

Stray Dogs.--The (English) Dogs Act, 1906, em-powers police officers to seize any stray dog found in a highway or place of

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