If any boat carrying troops refused to stop, the state soldiers were to sink it and seize the fort.

VOA: special.2009.07.23

Some said it was a plot by members of the stock market to ruin farmers and seize their land.

VOA: special.2010.06.17

It did not have enough soldiers to stop any real attempt by Confederate forces to seize the city.

VOA: special.2009.08.20

Mr.Netanyahu also warned that the Islamic militant group Hamas could seize control of a Palestinian state in the West Bank, just as it ousted Mr.Abbas from the Gaza Strip in 2007.

VOA: standard.2009.04.17