"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
(18) pound, item
Kolokacji: 2
(19) part, Manchuria
Kolokacji: 2
(20) equipment, material, copy
Kolokacji: 3
(21) thousands, hundreds
Kolokacji: 2
1. seize thousands = chwyć tysiące seize thousands
2. seize hundreds = chwyć sto seize hundreds
  • Military forces have swept through rural areas and the Government has seized hundreds of aircraft.
  • Police have seized hundreds of pounds worth of drugs at the spot where an illegal rave party was due to have been held.
  • Both sides seized hundreds of prisoners during the civil war.
  • Soldiers arrested thousands of people and seized hundreds of ranches, airplanes and urban estates.
  • The city expects to continue seizing hundreds of buildings containing thousands of apartments for nonpayment of taxes every year.
  • This law gives law enforcement new tools to seize hundreds of millions of dollars in dirty money before criminals can hide them from the police.
  • People inside and outside the company said that Federal officials had seized hundreds of cost reports and supporting material in their searches.
  • I have seized and imprisoned hundreds of these traitors.
  • At the same time, the officers raided the premises of the college, seizing hundreds of documents relating to students and the college.
  • Periodically, representatives of the Todt Company would enter the ghetto and seize hundreds of people for forced labor.
(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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