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noun (n)

• a sudden occurrence (or recurrence) of a disease(noun.state)

  Example:
  He suffered an epileptic seizure.
  

  Synonym:
  ictus, raptus
  

  source: wordnet30
• the act of forcibly dispossessing an owner of property(noun.act)

  Synonym:
  capture, gaining control
  

  source: wordnet30
• the act of taking of a person by force(noun.act)

  Synonym:
  capture
  

  source: wordnet30
• the taking possession of something by legal process(noun.act)

  source: wordnet30
• The act of seizing, or the state of being seized; sudden and violent grasp or gripe; a taking into possession; as, the seizure of a thief, a property, a throne, etc. (noun)

  source: webster1913