An enemy could seize it and cut my throat.
His grandfather had committed suicide, a fact which Swift and other enemies later seized on to ridicule him.
This independence ended when his enemies in Ireland seized power and had him sent to London as a traitor.
His enemy had seized the opportunity to insinuate himself into his mind like an invisible leech.
"There is a risk that the enemy will seize upon the publicity of the photographs as a pretext for violent acts," the judge noted.
After several weeks of fighting, the enemy seized the four children of Padilla and killed the two boys.
"If it didn't, the enemies of the Irish would always seize on the weaknesses and publicize that."
If the enemy seizes favourable ground, it'll be harder to deal with them.
But António's enemies seized on his illegitimacy to put forward their own candidates.
His enemies seize the kingdom and kill him.