GAINING CONTROL

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does gaining control mean? 

• GAINING CONTROL (noun)
  The noun GAINING CONTROL has 1 sense:

1. the act of forcibly dispossessing an owner of property

  Familiarity information: GAINING CONTROL used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• GAINING CONTROL (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The act of forcibly dispossessing an owner of property

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

capture; gaining control; seizure

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)