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SEIZER
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Dictionary entry overview: What does seizer mean?
• SEIZER (noun)
The noun SEIZER has 1 sense:
1. a kidnapper who drugs men and takes them for compulsory service aboard a ship
Familiarity information: SEIZER used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A kidnapper who drugs men and takes them for compulsory service aboard a ship
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Synonyms:
seizer; shanghaier
Hypernyms ("seizer" is a kind of...):
abductor; kidnaper; kidnapper; snatcher (someone who unlawfully seizes and detains a victim (usually for ransom))
Derivation:
seize (take or capture by force)
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