GAINING CONTROL

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

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))

enslavement (the act of making slaves of your captives)