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GAINING CONTROL
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The act of forcibly dispossessing an owner of property
Synonyms:
capture; gaining control; seizure
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("gaining control" is a kind of...):
acquiring; getting (the act of acquiring something)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "gaining control"):
usurpation (wrongfully seizing and holding (an office or powers) by force (especially the seizure of a throne or supreme authority))
apprehension; arrest; catch; collar; pinch; taking into custody (the act of apprehending (especially apprehending a criminal))
conquering; conquest; subjection; subjugation (the act of conquering)
enslavement (the act of making slaves of your captives)
