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Gaining control   /gˈeɪnɪŋ kəntrˈoʊl/   Listen
Gaining control

noun
1.
The act of forcibly dispossessing an owner of property.  Synonyms: capture, seizure.





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"Gaining control" Quotes from Famous Books



... the FIRST PUNIC WAR. The Romans at once formed a double alliance with Syracuse and Messana, thus gaining control of the eastern coast of Sicily and getting their first ...
— History of Rome from the Earliest times down to 476 AD • Robert F. Pennell


Words linked to "Gaining control" :   collar, subjugation, apprehension, enslavement, capture, arrest, seizure, taking into custody, catch, getting, subjection, conquering, conquest, acquiring, usurpation, pinch


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