Vocabulary
pogner
to catch; to grab, to grasp; to seize; to be arrested or frozen (by a notion or emotion); to surprise, to run into, to find out (someone in the act of wrongdoing, someone in hiding); to collide, to hit; to receive; to understand, (figuratively) to get (a joke); to catch on or become popular, to succeed; to seduce, to have success in interpersonal relationships; …
Verb
saisir
to take hold of; to grab; to seize, to take (an illegal product), to capture; to grasp mentally; understand; to capture (screen or data); to type (something) into a computer; to input; to record (something) in an account, ledger, etc.; to vest a court with a case; to refer a matter to a court
Verb
ravir
to ravish (to seize by force); to ravish, delight or thrill (transport with joy); to charm, bewitch, dazzle or fascinate; to plunder, rob or loot; to kidnap or abduct
Verb
guetter
to watch (intently), to watch for, to lie in wait; to await in order to seize; to menace, to loom (to appear in a threatening form)
Verb
happer
to snatch by the mouth, to snap up (typically of animals); to grab, to seize; to strike forcefully; to catch off guard; take by surprise
Verb
au taquet
on fire, full on, on top of it, raring to go, very motivated; on the ball, on the alert, on the lookout (very alert and efficient in one's work, very aware of one's surroundings; ready to seize an opportunity)
Adjective
reprendre à son compte
to appropriate, to take on board, to preempt, to pick up, to seize upon; to endorse, to echo, to preempt
Verb
angarie
angary (the right of a belligerent to seize property belonging to other nations or to take over ships during a war)
Noun
chauffe-bloc moteur
block heater (A heating device used to heat an engine block to prevent it from seizing up during startup in cold winters.)
Noun
prise de corps
committal (act of committing someone to confinement; order for someone's imprisonment); apprehension, arrest (act of seizing someone, of arresting them)
Noun