nab - seize suddenly

rack - seize together, as of parallel ropes of a tackle in order to prevent running through the block

claw - clutch as if in panic; "She clawed the doorknob"

get hold of, take - get into one's hands, take physically; "Take a cookie!"; "Can you take this bag, please"

arrest, collar, cop, nab, nail, apprehend, pick up - take into custody; "the police nabbed the suspected criminals"

capture, catch, get - succeed in catching or seizing, especially after a chase; "We finally got the suspect"; "Did you catch the thief?"

collar - seize by the neck or collar

clasp - grasp firmly; "The child clasped my hands"

grip - hold fast or firmly; "He gripped the steering wheel"

grab - take or grasp suddenly; "She grabbed the child's hand and ran out of the room"

grab, take hold of, catch - take hold of so as to seize or restrain or stop the motion of; "Catch the ball!"; "Grab the elevator door!"

snatch, snatch up, snap - to grasp hastily or eagerly; "Before I could stop him the dog snatched the ham bone"

clench, clinch - hold in a tight grasp; "clench a steering wheel"

grapple, grip - to grip or seize, as in a wrestling match; "the two men grappled with each other for several minutes"

raven - obtain or seize by violence

wrest - obtain by seizing forcibly or violently, also metaphorically; "wrest the knife from his hands"; "wrest a meaning from the old text"; "wrest power from the old government"

get hold of, take - get into one's hands, take physically; "Take a cookie!"; "Can you take this bag, please"

abduct, kidnap, nobble, snatch - take away to an undisclosed location against their will and usually in order to extract a ransom; "The industrialist's son was kidnapped"

commandeer, highjack, hijack, pirate - take arbitrarily or by force; "The Cubans commandeered the plane and flew it to Miami"

annex - take illegally, as of territory; "The Israelis are annexing more and more territory on the West Bank"

take over, usurp, arrogate, seize, assume - seize and take control without authority and possibly with force; take as one's right or possession; "He assumed to himself the right to fill all positions in the town"; "he usurped my rights"; "She seized control of the throne after her husband died"

carry - capture after a fight; "The troops carried the town after a brief fight"

take - take into one's possession; "We are taking an orphan from Romania"; "I'll take three salmon steaks"

sequester - requisition forcibly, as of enemy property; "the estate was sequestered"

garnish, garnishee - take a debtor's wages on legal orders, such as for child support; "His employer garnished his wages in order to pay his debt"

distrain - confiscate by distress

take - take by force; "Hitler took the Baltic Republics"; "The army took the fort on the hill"

annex - take (territory) by conquest; "Hitler annexed Lithuania"

appropriate, conquer, seize, capture - take possession of by force, as after an invasion; "the invaders seized the land and property of the inhabitants"; "The army seized the town"; "The militia captured the castle"

preoccupy - occupy or take possession of beforehand or before another or appropriate for use in advance; "the army preoccupied the hills"

raid - take over (a company) by buying a controlling interest of its stock; "T. Boone Pickens raided many large companies"

hook - catch with a hook; "hook a fish"

overwhelm, sweep over, whelm, overpower, overtake, overcome - overcome, as with emotions or perceptual stimuli

fascinate, intrigue - cause to be interested or curious