The act or action of bringing to or as if to a center.
The inrush of air in forming a suction stop.
A catastrophic failure; a sudden failure or collapse of an organization or system.
Violent compression.
The action of imploding.
The act by which something is taken.
A seizure of someone's goods or possessions.
Cash or money received (by a shop or other business, for example).
A state of mental distress, resulting in excited or erratic behavior (in the expression in a taking).
Alluring; attractive.