attach

Verb

• take temporary possession of as a security, by legal authority
  • The FBI seized the drugs
    
  • The customs agents impounded the illegal shipment
    
  • The police confiscated the stolen artwork
    

• create social or emotional ties
  • The grandparents want to bond with the child
    

• become attached
  • The spider's thread attached to the window sill
    

• be attached; be in contact with

• cause to be attached

Related words

• Synonyms: 
  impound , sequester , confiscate , seize , bind , tie , bond
• Antonyms: 
  detach , come off , come away