seized
v.v. to take hold of something suddenly and with force. You can also use it when the police or government take something away because it is illegal.
v. to take hold of something suddenly and forcibly; to take legal possession of something by warrant or official power. Transitive — requires a direct object.
The police seized the illegal goods at the border.
Customs officers seized several crates of undeclared electronics during a routine inspection of the cargo ship.
The revolutionary forces seized the radio station in the early hours of the morning, ensuring they controlled the flow of information to the public during the transition of power.
The verb is transitive and takes a direct object. When used in a legal context, it often takes the preposition 'by' (e.g., 'seized by the state').
The police seized from the carThe police seized the carSeize is a transitive verb and must be followed directly by the object being taken, not a prepositional phrase starting with 'from'.