spopasti

1. (of a feeling or state) to seize; to come over
   Pred ispit me je spopala panika. — Panic seized me before the exam.
   Spopao ga je smeh usred sastanka. — He got a fit of laughter in the middle of the meeting.
2. colloq. (of people) to pounce on; to accost
   Novinari su ga spopali pitanjima čim je izašao. — Reporters pounced on him with questions as soon as he came out.

In the feeling sense the feeling is the subject and the person is in the accusative: spopao ga je strah.