Object

• opportunity: May I seize the opportunity to wish you a very happy new year.

• dozen: Direct home billing seized two dozen are not interested.

• power: They seized power, hoping to apply their military skills to fixing the economy.

Subject

• crown: As a consequence large areas of land in Ulster were seized by the crown.

Adjective complement

• solid: No motorways then and a cruising speed of 45mph and every human joint seized solid by the end of the journey.

Modifying Another Word

• eagerly: They began issuing pamphlets, which I eagerly seized upon for information.

• illegally: There is a risk that illegally seized evidence will be excluded from any criminal proceedings.

• violently: Moreover, last year nearly all the crops were violently seized, and the peasant was left almost nothing for himself.

Followed by an intransitive particle

• upon: They are seized upon by media, hungry for eye-catching stories.

• along: The entire product was seized along with 2 computers and a burning tower.

Preposition: of

• matter: The Security Council will remain seized of the matter.

Preposition: from

• criminal: Sussex Police has successfully obtained forfeiture orders for cash seized from suspected criminals.

Preposition: with

• fear: But when he saw the strength of the gale he was seized with fear.

• illness: Sir William Lindsay of Covington had been seized with illness, and was thought dead.

Preposition: by

• crown: As a consequence large areas of land in Ulster were seized by the crown.