| has gloss | (verb) take into one's possession; "We are taking an orphan from Romania"; "I'll take three salmon steaks"
take |
| lexicalization | eng: take |
| has subclass | (verb) take from a person or place; "We took the abused child away from its parents"
take away |
| has subclass | (verb) regain possession of something
take back, repossess |
| has subclass | (verb) call for and obtain payment of; "we collected over a million dollars in outstanding debts"; "he collected the rent"
collect, take in |
| has subclass | (verb) take temporary possession of as a security, by legal authority; "The FBI seized the drugs"; "The customs agents impounded the illegal shipment"; "The police confiscated the stolen artwork"
confiscate, seize, sequester, attach, impound |
| has subclass | (verb) requisition forcibly, as of enemy property; "the estate was sequestered"
sequester |
| has subclass | (verb) put in one's pocket; "He pocketed the change"
pocket |
| has subclass | (verb) take on as one's own the expenses or debts of another person; "I'll accept the charges"; "She agreed to bear the responsibility"
take over, accept, assume, bear |
| has subclass | (verb) get hold of or seize quickly and easily; "I snapped up all the good buys during the garage sale"
snaffle, snap up, grab |
| has subclass | (verb) cause to be returned; "recall the defective auto tires"; "The manufacturer tried to call back the spoilt yoghurt"
withdraw, recall, call back, call in |
| has subclass | (verb) take away possessions from someone; "The Nazis stripped the Jews of all their assets"
strip, deprive, divest |
| has subclass | (verb) free or relieve (someone) of a burden
unburden |
| has subclass | (verb) take into one's family; "They adopted two children from Nicaragua"
take in, adopt |