seizure

柯林斯詞典

1. N-COUNT If someone has a seizure, they have a sudden violent attack of an illness, especially one that affects their heart or brain. (心髒病、腦部疾病等的) 突然發(fā)作
...a mild cardiac seizure. …一次輕度心髒病發(fā)作。
2. N-COUNT If there is a seizure of power or a seizure of an area of land, a group of people suddenly take control of the place, using force. 佔(zhàn)領(lǐng)
...the seizure of territory through force. …對領(lǐng)土的武裝佔(zhàn)領(lǐng)。
3. N-COUNT When an organization such as the police or customs makes a seizure of illegal goods, they find them and take them away. 繳獲; 沒收
Police have made one of the biggest seizures of heroin there's ever been. 警方這次繳獲的海洛因是迄今爲(wèi)止數(shù)目最大的幾宗之一。