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Seizure 76% connected

The act of seizing, or the state of being seized; sudden and violent grasp or gripe; a taking into possession; as, the seizure of a thief, a property…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Sequester 74% connected

To separate from the owner for a time; to take from parties in controversy and put into the possession of an indifferent person; to seize or take pos…

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Sequester 74% connected

To separate from the owner for a time; to take from parties in controversy and put into the possession of an indifferent person; to seize or take pos…

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Internment 92% connected

Confinement within narrow limits, -- as of foreign troops, to the interior of a country.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Poundage 92% connected

A sum deducted from a pound, or a certain sum paid for each pound; a commission.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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