seize by violence

From LSJ

Στέργει γὰρ οὐδεὶς ἄγγελον κακῶν ἐπῶν → No one loves the bearer of bad news

Sophocles, Antigone, 277

English > Greek (Woodhouse Extra)

βίᾳ λαμβάνω, λαμβάνειν