the right of seizing the ship or cargo of a foreign merchant, to cover losses received through him: generally, the right of seizure, right of reprisal, mostly in pl. σῦλαι or σῦλα; σύλας διδόναι τινὶ κατά τινος Dem.; ὅπου σῦλαι μὴ ὦσιν Ἀθηναίοις where the Athenians have [to fear] no right of seizure, ap. Dem.; σῦλα ποιεῖσθαι to exercise this right, Lys.
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