seize
To take advantage of (an opportunity or circumstance).
To take possession of (by force, law etc.).
To have a sudden and powerful effect upon.
(law) To vest ownership of an estate in land.
(nautical) To bind, lash or make fast, with several turns of small rope, cord, or small line.
(obsolete) To fasten, fix.
To lay hold in seizure, by hands or claws.
To have a seizure.
To bind or lock in position immovably; see also seize up.
(UK) To submit for consideration to a deliberative body.
(law) To cause (an action or matter) to be or remain before (a certain judge or court).
(cooking) Of chocolate: to change suddenly from a fluid to an undesirably hard and gritty texture.