Last week, for instance, members of the governing party blocked roads and seized municipal offices in several Mexico City suburbs controlled by the opposition.

Both members of Congress and candidates for president have seized on the issue of drug costs.

Many members of Prussian society's homeless wanderers seized the opportunity.

The members of the kibbutz seized their guns and ran in the direction from where gun fire was heard.

Democratic members of the 9/11 commission seized on the colorful phrase.

They were angry that a member of the ruling family had seized land that had been used for generations by the fishermen of the village.

Tighe denounced the strikes and resented the way new members seized control of the lodges.

In later years, a popular political game was guessing which member of the next generation of Kennedys would seize the family mantle.

Although both parties traded power in the initial stages, by 1840 the conservative members around François Guizot had seized control.

When its fire eased, the remaining members of the group worked around the position, rushed it and seized two machine guns in conjunction with thirty prisoners.