"seize" in inglés with examples - Collocation dictionary inglés

seize verbo

seize + sustantivo
Kolokacji: 76
seize power • seize control • seize property • seize land • seize one's arm • seize one's hand • seize one's assets • seize weapons • ...
collocations grouped by meanings
Grup znaczeniowych: 23
(2) control, command, bridle
Kolokacji: 3
(5) asset, fund
Kolokacji: 2
(6) wrist, leg, ankle
Kolokacji: 3
(7) opportunity, chance
Kolokacji: 2
(9) moment, computer
Kolokacji: 2
(10) territory, possession, town
Kolokacji: 3
(11) hold, ship, cattle
Kolokacji: 3
(13) shoulder, throat, hair
Kolokacji: 3
(14) building, house, farm
Kolokacji: 3
(15) hostage, prey
Kolokacji: 2
(16) good, shipment
Kolokacji: 2
1. seize goods = konfiskować towary seize goods
2. seize shipments = przejmij transporty seize shipments
  • Philippine authorities have seized large shipments of meat and scales from endangered anteaters.
  • Wildlife inspectors clear legal imports and exports and seize shipments that violate the law.
  • In addition, the German police seized small shipments of plutonium last summer, heightening fears about a hemorrhage of nuclear material from the former Soviet Union.
  • Initially, narcotics agents seized small shipments of only a few pounds.
  • Raids like the one in February are increasing, and fashion houses are working closely with customs officials around the world to seize unauthorized shipments.
  • In the last two years, federal, state and local law enforcement officials seized large shipments of drugs from trucks they thought belonged to Mr. Bermudez's operation.
  • The new plan allows United States forces to seize shipments in some cases.
  • We have seized illegal shipments worth millions of dollars.
  • But it does not establish any new legal authority to seize such shipments in international waters, a step that would require redrafting international laws.
  • It is up to their border services to seize such shipments and stop them at the border.
(18) pound, item
Kolokacji: 2
(19) part, Manchuria
Kolokacji: 2
(20) equipment, material, copy
Kolokacji: 3
(21) thousands, hundreds
Kolokacji: 2
(22) ton, dozens
Kolokacji: 2
(23) explosives, drug
Kolokacji: 2
verbo + seize
Kolokacji: 4
try to seize • attempt to seize • begin seizing • sent to seize
seize + preposición
Kolokacji: 31
seize upon • seize up • seize by • seize on • seized during • ...
seize + adjetivo/adverbio
Kolokacji: 22
immediately seize • quickly seize • suddenly seized • illegally seized • later seize • ...

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