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Carpe Pulmonum? Carpe Phlebolum?
IIRC, "carpe" in its original definition was closer to "molest" than "grasp", and the phrase itself carried a more vulgar implication of violent dominance in its theme.
Not my Latin ;)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carpe_Jugulum?wprov=sfla1
Fuck! I missed that! Maaan, that's gonna ding my geek cred score. 😅