unlawful seizure
Wrongful property grabbing
Unlawful seizure is the taking of a person or property without legal authority or proper procedure.
In constitutional law, the Fourth Amendment protects against unreasonable searches and seizures by government agents: The court ruled the traffic stop was an unlawful seizure.
The term applies to arrests without probable cause, property confiscation without warrant, or detention beyond legal limits.
- coup d'étatViolent government seizure
- power grabAttempt to seize control
- annexationAbsorbing territory into jurisdiction
- hostile takeoverUnwanted corporate buyout attempt
- theftUnlawful taking of property
snatch and grab · hijacking · civil forfeiture · kidnapping · extortion · expropriation · ethnic cleansing · larceny · colonialism · abduction · embezzlement · piracy · plunder · forced relocation · military occupation · resource exploitation · trespass · trauma
unlawful seizurerelease
To let go
liberation · freedom · restitution · restoration · discharge
unlawful, seizure, lawful, lawfully, unlawfully, lawfulness, unlawfulness, lawless, lawlessness