Akademik

gaining control

noun

the act of forcibly dispossessing an owner of property

• Syn: ↑capture, ↑seizure

• Derivationally related forms: ↑seize (for: ↑seizure), ↑capture (for: ↑capture)

• Hypernyms: ↑acquiring, ↑getting

• Hyponyms:

↑usurpation, ↑apprehension, ↑arrest, ↑catch, ↑collar, ↑pinch, ↑taking into custody, ↑conquest, ↑conquering, ↑subjection, ↑subjugation, ↑enslavement

Useful english dictionary. 2012.