• v.
    ⦿take temporary possession of as a security, by legal authority
    lexical concept
  • The FBI seized the drugs
  • The customs agents impounded the illegal shipment
  • The police confiscated the stolen artwork

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Lexical context

wn:part of speechverb
ontolex:lexicalized sense
  1. enl:attach
  2. enl:confiscate
  3. enl:impound
  4. enl:seize
  5. enl:sequester
wn:interlingual indexili:i33102
wn:eq synonymdn:beslaglægge§1

Other

skos:is in schemeOpen English WordNet
rdfs:label
  • confiscate
  • attachconfiscateimpoundseizesequester