Seizing

They accused the Mitylenaeans of seizing their boat, as if it had belonged to an enemy, and of plundering it of all its contents.

The government is seizing everyone's gold.

Dorothea darted instantaneously from the window; Will followed her, seizing her hand with a spasmodic movement; and so they stood, with their hands clasped, like two children, looking out on the storm, while the thunder gave a tremendous crack and roll above them, and the rain began to pour down.

My Ministers will work to implement new regimes for fisheries, agriculture and trade, seizing the opportunities that arise from leaving the European Union.

Seizing the opportunity, my uncle married the young widow, my mother, and proclaimed himself king.

Moussa Dadis Camara led a military coup, seizing power, and suspending the constitution.

Zimbabwe started forcibly seizing lands from white farmers to redistribute them.

Authorities in Thailand, a major transit point for smugglers, report seizing more than 10,000 live animals and 1,300 carcasses in 2013.

I'm incapable of seizing opportunities when they arise.

I'm not good at seizing opportunities at the right time.