transitive verb clutch agafar , agarrar , engrapar Law person detenir , agafar property embargar contraband, etc requisar , confiscar territory apoderar-se de opportunity aprofitar sense pensar-s'hi to seize someone by the arm agarrar algú pel braç to be seized with fear ser colpit per la por he was seized with a desire to + infinitive el va prendre un desig de + infinitiu intransitive verb to seize on fixar-se en idem pretext, etc valdre's de to seize up Mechanics clavar-se they seized upon the writer van acaparar l'escriptor