| Example in Arabic | Translation in English |
|---|---|
| انهم خطفوا طفلا المقابلة للفندق... توقفت سيارة ، واستولت على الطفل ، وذهب بعيدا. | They kidnapped a child opposite to the hotel... a car stopped, seized the child and went away. |
| Language | Verb(s) | Language | Verb(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Azeri | zəbt etmək | Dutch | aanpakken,grijpen |
| English | seize | Esperanto | predi |
| Faroese | tríva | Finnish | vallata |
| French | gripper, s’emparer, saisir, se saisir, se saisonnaliser, se salafiser, se salariser, se saliniser, se sanger, se sangler, se sanguifier, se sanscritiser, se sansouiller, se saouler, se satisfaire, se saucer | German | entwenden |
| Greek | καταλαμβάνω | Hungarian | happol, megkaparint, megragad |
| Italian | accaffare, impadronirsi, impossessarsi, impugnare, rimpadronirsi | Japanese | 押収 |
| Maltese | ħataf | Portuguese | apoderar, apresar, convulsar |
| Russian | вцепиться, вцепляться, обуевать, обуять, овладевать, овладеть, схватиться | Spanish | aferrar, agazapar, apresar, incautarse |
| Thai | คว้า, ช่วงชิง, ยึด, หยิบ | Vietnamese | bắt, chộp, núm |