Meanings of seized possession in English

So Octavian had entered Alexandria already, seized possession of it all.

Unfortunately, the Federation has seized possession of our planet.

After Peterborough misplaced a throw-in Silva seized possession and slid in Diabaté with a blind pass.

A slow anger seized possession of him.

They looked horribly disjointed at times in the first half and vulnerable whenever Wolves seized possession and broke in numbers.

The hosts seized possession almost immediately and Pereyra embarked on a wriggly run down the left before clipping in a dangerous cross.

Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain seized possession inside the Swansea half and moved the ball on to Santi Cazorla, who released Welbeck on the Arsenal right.

Iceland's long throw went pear-shaped at the other end before Moses seized possession, charged down the right and picked out Musa with his cross.

Gündogan seized possession on the edge of the box and after a give-and-go with Sterling the midfielder emphatically arrowed the ball into the top-left corner.

"Sometimes I thought that I had seized possession of a fact, but it slipped through my fingers like the tail of an eel."