Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Spanish term or phrase:
secuestro (de una obra o servicio)
English translation:
taking over /admin./ control (of a project or service)
Spanish term
United Kingdom
Communicate. Collaborate. Connect
Native in: English (Variant: British)
Works in: Spanish to English, English
secuestro (de una obra o servicio)
The full sentence is as follows:
No obstante, lo anterior, el rescate de la obra o el servicio, la supresión de su explotación, así como el secuestro o intervención de los mismos, se tendrá que acordar por el Departamento ministerial u órgano de la administración autonómica o local al que esté adscrita o corresponda la tutela del poder adjudicador.
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| 4 | taking over /admin./ control (of a project or service) |
Adrian MM.
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| 3 +3 | sequestration |
Jane Martin
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| 4 | Seizure |
Paula Falabella
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| 3 | seizing (a bulding or service) |
Juan Arturo Blackmore Zerón
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Proposed translations
Austria
Retd.T&I, Barrister & Austro-Advokat
Native in: English (Variants: British, Scottish) 
Works in: Spanish to English, English to Spanish, French to English, and 5 more.
taking over /admin./ control (of a project or service)
Otherwise, the dictionary-undriven terms of forfeiture, distraining, impounding (Scots: poinding), attachment and Mareva freeze injuncting / enjoining don't really work in the context.
levy: 3. (Law) to seize or attach (property) in accordance with the judgment of a court
Forfeiture is the loss of any property without compensation as a result of defaulting on contractual obligations, or as a penalty for illegal conduct.
Mexico
Confianza, certeza, creatividad.
Native in: Spanish (Variant: Mexican)
Works in: English to Spanish, Italian to Spanish, French to Spanish, and 6 more.
sequestration
LAW specialized
the act of taking temporary possession of someone's property until they have paid money that is owed or obeyed a court order:
This would do nothing to halt the sequestration of property in the former colony.
The union was ordered to to withdraw the instruction or face the sequestration of its funds and assets.
https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/sequestr...
secuestrar
4. tr. Embargar judicialmente algo.
RAE
secuestro
SM
1[de persona] kidnapping, kidnaping EEUU
2[de avión] hijack, hijacking
secuestro aéreo hijack, hijacking
3(Jur)[de cargamento, contrabando] seizure; [de propiedad] sequestration
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neilmac
: I spent some time yesterday answering this, which had been posted as 3 terms, and just as I posted my answer, the query was removed. I was not a happy bunny.
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Argentina
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Native in: Spanish (Variant: Argentine)
Works in: English to Spanish, Spanish to English
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