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 Meaning of GAINING CONTROL
|  WordNet Dictionary |  |  |  |  | Definition: |  | [n]  the act of forcibly dispossessing an owner of property |  |  |  |  | Websites: |  |  |  |  |  |  | Synonyms: |  | capture, seizure |  |  |  |  | See Also: |  | acquiring, apprehension, arrest, catch, collar, conquering, conquest, enslavement, getting, pinch, subjection, subjugation, taking into custody, usurpation |  |     |    |  |