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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | seize, take over |
| Synonyms: | accroach, activate, annex, appropriate, arrogate, assume, confiscate, conscript, draft, enslave, expropriate, grab, hijack, liberate, moonlight requisition, preempt, requisition, sequester, sequestrate, snatch, take, usurp |
| Main Entry: | assume |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | adopt, acquire |
| Synonyms: | annex, appropriate, arrogate, borrow, clap hands on, commandeer, confiscate, expropriate, get fingers on, get hands on, glom onto, grab, grab hold of, hijack, kipe, liberate, moonlight requisition, preempt, seize, snatch, swipe, take over, usurp |
| Notes: | assume means 'suppose to be the case, without proof; take for granted'; presume means 'suppose that something is the case on the basis of probability; take for granted that something exists or is the case' |
| Antonyms: | leave, let alone, not take |
| Main Entry: | confiscate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | steal; seize |
| Synonyms: | accroach, annex, appropriate, arrogate, assume, commandeer, confisticate, expropriate, glom on to, grab, hijack, impound, liberate, moonlight requisition, possess oneself of, preempt, sequester, sequestrate, swipe, take, take over, usurp |
| Antonyms: | give, offer |
| Main Entry: | enforce |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | put a rule, plan in force |
| Synonyms: | accomplish, administer, administrate, apply, carry out, coerce, commandeer, compel, constrain, crack down, demand, dictate, discharge, dragoon, drive, effect, egg on, emphasize, exact, execute, exert, expect, extort, force upon, fortify, fulfill, goad, hound, impel, implement, impose, incite, insist on, invoke, lash, lean on, make, necessitate, oblige, perform, press, prosecute, put into effect, put screws to, reinforce, require, sanction, spur, strain, stress, strong-arm, support, urge, whip, wrest |
| Antonyms: | abandon, disregard, drop, forego, forget, give up, neglect, overlook |
| Main Entry: | expropriate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | seize |
| Synonyms: | accroach, annex, appropriate, arrogate, assume, commandeer, confiscate, deprive of property, dispossess, impound, preempt, requisition, sequester, take, take over |
| Antonyms: | appropriate, distribute, give |
| Main Entry: | hijack |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | seize control |
| Synonyms: | carjack, commandeer, kidnap, shanghai, skyjack, steal, take hostage |
| Main Entry: | preempt |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | take over in place of another |
| Synonyms: | accroach, acquire, annex, anticipate, appropriate, arrogate, assume, bump, commandeer, confiscate, expropriate, obtain, seize, sequester, take, usurp |
| Main Entry: | seize |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | abduct; take by force |
| Synonyms: | ambush, annex, apprehend, appropriate, arrest, arrogate, bag, bust, capture, carry off, catch, claw, clutch, commandeer, confiscate, conquer, exact, force, gain, get, grab, grasp, hijack, hook, impound, incorporate, kidnap, lift, nab, nail, occupy, overcome, overpower, overrun, overwhelm, pick up, pounce, secure, snag, snare, spirit away, subdue, take, take by storm, take captive, take over, take possession of, throttle, trap, usurp, wrench |
| Notes: | cease means to put an end to a state or an activity, to stop - while seize means to take hold of, to grab |
| Antonyms: | free, liberate, release |
| Main Entry: | take |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | steal |
| Synonyms: | abduct, abstract, accroach, annex, appropriate, arrogate, borrow, carry off, commandeer, confiscate, expropriate, filch, haul in, liberate, lift*, misappropriate, nab, nail, nip, pick up, pinch*, pluck, pocket, preempt, pull in, purloin, rip off, run off with, salvage, seize, sequester, snag, snare, snatch*, snitch, swipe, take in |
| Antonyms: | give, offer |
* = informal/non-formal usage
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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