| Clue | Length | Answer |
|---|---|---|
| Obtain by force | 5 letters | wrest |
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| Obtain by force | 5 letters | usurp |
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| Obtain by force | 6 letters | extort |
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- Obtain unfairly
- Get by threat
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- to coerce former lover's wrong
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- forcefully gain
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- Exact having been wrong once
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- To take by force or intimidation
- To force someone to give you the money
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- get money, info using force
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- Assume
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- Seize,
- Improperly seize
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- Supplant (someone in power)
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- Seize (power) unconstitutionally
- Take power unlawfully
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- Arrogate
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- Appropriate forcibly
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- Talk arrogantly
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- Overthrow
- Take control of without permission
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- take unjustly
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- wrong way to achieve a take-over
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- "Lord, ......?"
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- seize, as the throne
- illegally seize
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- accroach
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- Advance upon
- Assume command
- break bounds
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- Displace
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- enslave
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- Intrude
- Invade
- Irrupt
- jump a claim
- know no bounds
- make an inroad
- make free with
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- Monopolize
- mount the throne
- Occupy
- Overrun
- Overstep
- overstep the bounds
- play God
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- take the helm
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- illegally acquire
- Take the wrong way?
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- assume in pretence
- Take over wrongfully
- employ wrongfully
- Seize without right
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- Dethrone
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- Seize,
- Seize (from)
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- Pull away with the others
- Seize violently
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- Snatch what's left on the radio?
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- Gain by effort
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- Wrench away
- Snatch forcibly
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- Grab forcibly
- Obtain by force
- Snatch a purse, e.g.
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- Pull with force
- forcibly remove the others, we hear
- obtain forcibly
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- Seize by force
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- Rip away
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- snatch the others after wasting first
- Obtain despite resistance
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- Pry
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- anamorphosis
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- Asymmetry
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- Badger
- Bend
- Blackmail
- Buckle
- Claim
- Color
- Confiscate
- Confuse
- Contort
- contortion
- Crook
- crookedness
- Crumple
- Cut out
- Demand
- deracinate
- detorsion
- Deviation
- Dig out
- Dig up
- Disentangle
- disproportion
- Distort
- Distortion
- Draw
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- Dredge
- Dredge (up)
- Elicit
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- Evolve
- evulse
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- Exaction
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- exsect
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- "Get out!"
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- grub up
- imbalance
- Irregularity
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