The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 5 letter word WREST which also is the latest solution we found used in Wall Street Journal in 2020.
Forcibly take crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| WREST | 100 % | 5 |
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Forcibly take
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- seize
- usurp
- commandeer
- expropriate
- confiscate
- usurpation
- apprehend
- columbus
- arrest
- apprehension
- arrested
- impress
Crossword Answer definitions
WREST noun- The act of wresting; a wrench or twist; distortion.
- A key to tune a stringed instrument.
- Active or motive power.
- Short for saw wrest; a saw set.
- To pull or twist violently.
- To obtain by pulling or violent force.
- To seize.
- To distort, to pervert, to twist.
- To tune with a wrest, or key.
- A partition in a water wheel by which the form of the buckets is determined.
- A metal (formerly wooden) piece of some ploughs attached under the mouldboard (the curved blade that turns over the furrow) for clearing out the furrow; the mouldboard itself.
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