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101seize — vt seized, seiz·ing 1 or seise: to put in possession of property or vest with the right of possession or succession stand seized of land 2: to take possession or custody of (property) esp. by lawful authority seize drugs as evidence …
102steal — vt stole, sto·len, steal·ing [Old English stelan]: to take or appropriate without right or consent and with intent to keep or make use of see also robbery, theft Merriam Webster’s Dictionary of Law. Merriam Webster. 1996 …
103accroach — I verb appropriate, arrogate, assume, break bounds, encroach, impose upon, infringe, interlope, intrude, invade, obtrude, overstep, presume on, take over, transgress, trespass, usurp II index annex (arrogate), assume (seize) …
104arrogate — I verb accroach, adopt, annex, appropriate, ascribe falsely, assume, assume command, attach, collect, commandeer, convert, demand, deprive, expropriate, harass, hijack, impress, infringe, invade, preempt, preoccupy, prepossess, seize, sequester,… …
105rapture — [17] Rapture is one of a large family of English words that go back ultimately to Latin rapere ‘seize by force’. Its past participle was raptus (source of English rapt [14]), which formed the basis of the medieval Latin noun raptūra ‘seizure’,… …
106throne — n. 1) to ascend, mount, succeed to a throne 2) to seize, usurp a throne 3) to occupy, sit on a throne 4) to abdicate (from), give up a throne * * * [θrəʊn] give up a throne mount sit on a throne succeed to a throne usurp a throne to ascend …
107appropriate — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. proper, fit, timely, suitable. See agreement. v. t. take, seize, confiscate; allot, assign. See stealing, acquisition, apportionment.Ant., inappropriate, unfitting, bequeath. II (Roget s IV) modif.… …
108arrogate — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. usurp, claim, seize; assume, appropriate, take. See acquisition. II (Roget s Thesaurus II) verb To lay claim to for oneself or as one s right: appropriate, assume, commandeer, preempt, seize, take,… …
109assume — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. t. suppose, take for granted; put on, affect; appropriate. See supposition, affectation, acquisition. II (Roget s IV) v. 1. [To take for granted] Syn. suppose, presume, postulate, posit, presuppose,… …
110confiscate — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. t. take, seize, commandeer, appropriate. See acquisition, condemnation. II (Roget s IV) v. Syn. appropriate, impound, usurp; see seize 2 , steal . III (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) v. seize, appropriate …
