Clues for the word "SEIZE"
We've had 55 crossword clues used for this word, and seen it 168 times in crosswords. It was last seen in New York Times crossword on December 16, 2025.
Definition of seize
- v. t. - To fall or rush upon suddenly and lay hold of; to gripe or grasp suddenly; to reach and grasp.
- v. t. - To take possession of by force.
- v. t. - To invade suddenly; to take sudden hold of; to come upon suddenly; as, a fever seizes a patient.
- v. t. - To take possession of by virtue of a warrant or other legal authority; as, the sheriff seized the debtor's goods.
- v. t. - To fasten; to fix.
- v. t. - To grap with the mind; to comprehend fully and distinctly; as, to seize an idea.
- v. t. - To bind or fasten together with a lashing of small stuff, as yarn or marline; as, to seize ropes.
Referring Clues
- Collar
- Grab
- Take by force
- Confiscate
- Capture
- Impound
- Take forcibly
- Appropriate
- Stop working, as an engine, with "up"
- Take over
- ___ the day (carpe diem)
- Take control of
- Snatch
- "___ the day!" (Horace)
- Wrest
- Lock (up)
- Commandeer
- Grab forcibly
- Take without asking
- What "carpe" means
- Jump on, as an opportunity
- Take, as a whole bunch of heroin
- Take
- "___ the day!"
- Lay claim to
- Grab hold of
- Jump on
- Take with force
- Jam or lock up
- Catch the sound of the waves!
- Take the size that can accommodate an earpiece
- Grab what is ultimately large in size
- Quickly take note that the size is out
- Appropriate French square
- Grab suddenly
- Jam that's appropriate
- Collar for French count
- Measure covering energy capture
- Confiscate watches, reportedly
- Sees sound clutch
- Impound drug in bulk
- European measurements written round collar
- Capture the sound of oceans
- Grasp
- Nab
- Take prisoner
- Confiscate suddenly
- Grab, as booty
- With 60-Across, take control after a coup
- SIXTEEN
- Take hold of
- Take forcefully
- Homophone of "seas"
- Apt rhyme for "freeze"
- Grab control of
Last Seen In
- New York Times - December 16, 2025
- New York Times - November 06, 2025
- Daily American - September 01, 2025
- Daily Quick - August 28, 2025
- Daily Quick - August 05, 2025
- Daily American - May 27, 2025
- LA Times - May 10, 2025
- Daily Quick - February 06, 2025
- Evening Standard Quick - February 04, 2025
- Evening Standard Quick - January 14, 2025
- Daily American - May 15, 2024
- LA Times - February 23, 2024
- New York Times - January 14, 2024
- King Syndicate - Thomas Joseph - January 13, 2024
- Penny Dell Daily - November 29, 2023
- USA Today - September 22, 2023
- Daily American - September 01, 2023
- USA Today - August 31, 2023
- Daily Quick - August 28, 2023
- Penny Dell Daily - August 26, 2023
- Daily Quick - August 05, 2023
- Daily American - May 27, 2023
- Penny Dell Daily - May 03, 2023
- Penny Dell Daily - April 22, 2023
- King Syndicate - Thomas Joseph - March 25, 2023
- Daily Quick - February 06, 2023
- Penny Dell Daily - January 23, 2023
- Penny Dell Daily - January 12, 2023
- Evening Standard Cryptic - November 14, 2022
- King Syndicate - Thomas Joseph - October 18, 2022
- And in 138 more crossword puzzles...