seizer

• Substantiv für eine Person, die jemanden gewaltsam ergreift, oft mithilfe von Drogen, um ihn zum Dienst auf einem Schiff zu zwingen; auch allgemein für jemanden, der etwas an sich reißt oder Besitz ergreift.

A noun referring to a person who forcibly takes someone, often by drugging them, to compel them into service aboard a ship.

1. Kidnapper for forced laborC2formal

   A person who abducts individuals, often by drugging them, to force them into service, especially aboard a ship.

   Menschenraub zur Zwangsarbeit

   • The port was notorious for seizers who preyed on unsuspecting sailors.
   • He narrowly escaped a group of seizers near the docks.
   • Historical accounts describe seizers as ruthless criminals who supplied ships with unwilling crew members.

   Synonymecrimpshanghaier