1. Something seized by force or taken as booty, especially an enemy ship and its cargo captured at sea during wartime. 2. The act of seizing; capture.
ETYMOLOGY:
Alteration of Middle English prise, from Old French, from feminine past participle of prendre, from Latin prehendere, prndere, to seize. See ghend- in Appendix I.
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ndere, to seize. See ghend- in Appendix I.
