verb
Take hold of; grab
Synonyms: clutching, grappling, grabbing, squeezing, catching, pinching, clasping, enclosing, enfolding, clenching, snatching, appropriating, plucking, gripping, grasping, compassing, embracing, clinching, taking
Antonyms: leaving, relinquishing, releasing, offering, giving
verb
Seize and take control without authority and possibly with force; take as one's right or possession
Synonyms: collaring, bagging, impounding, usurping, appropriating, kidnapping, hijacking, nabbing, clawing, hooking, arrogating, trapping, abducting, intercepting, arresting, confiscating, taking, conquering, commandeering, securing, pinching, preempting, levying, exacting, swiping, understanding, rustling, striking, capturing, culling, snatching, wringing, sequestering, jerking, apprehending, snaring, possessing, pillaging, wrenching, overtaking, netting, lifting, throttling, busting, purloining, stealing, griping, gripping, overcoming, occupying, grasping, grappling, grabbing, recapturing, gathering, distressing, gaining, forcing, comprehending, clutching, clinching, retaking, incorporating, catching, ambushing, binding, overrunning, overwhelming, attacking, subduing, pouncing, winning, annexing, raping, afflicting, overpowering, assuming
Antonyms: liberating, freeing, releasing