seize
verb (used with object)
to take hold of suddenly or forcibly; grasp.
seizer
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a word derived from
seize.
Example Sentences
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His reputation as a seizer of opportunity was solidified when, after the cataclysmic collapse of in 2008, he arranged for Barclays to acquire the salvageable pieces of that bank for $1.75 billion.
From New York Times ● Jul. 4, 2012
Always an able seizer of opportunities, General Escobar tapped the Bank of Montreal in Mexico for $108,000 before his revolution, sent the money to the U. S. where opportunities are brightest.
From Time Magazine Archive
A veteran seizer is generally seamed with innumerable scars.
From The Rifle and the Hound in Ceylon by Sir Samuel White Baker
From The Arabian Nights Once upon a time a Falcon stooped from its flight and seized a Partridge; but the latter freed himself from the seizer, and entering his nest, hid himself there.
From Journeys Through Bookland, Vol. 2 by Charles Herbert Sylvester
No one shall import wine into the nation, but on English ships, or forfeit the wine, one half to the king and one half to the seizer of the wine.
From Our Legal Heritage : 600-1776 King Aethelbert - King George III by S. A. Reilly
