The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 6 letter word EXTORT , but the solution may also be WREST which is one of the most recent solution (2021 in New York Times).
Obtain by force crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| EXTORT | 57 % | 6 |
| WREST | 29 % | 5 |
| USURP | 14 % | 5 |
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Obtain by force
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- plunder
- pillage
- loot
- spoil
- boot
- sack
- plundering
- peel
- rifle
- booty
- spoiling
- prey
Crossword Answer definitions
EXTORT verb- To take or seize off an unwilling person by physical force, menace, duress, torture, or any undue or illegal exercise of power or ingenuity
- To obtain by means of the offense of extortion.
- To twist outwards.
- Wrongfully obtained.
More crossword clues leading to the same solutions
Here's a few more crossword clues - all leading to the identical solution
More clues leading to the result EXTORT
- Get by blackmail
- Squeeze for dough
- Obtain through intimidation
- Obtain by coercion
- Obtain by force
- Gouge
- Squeeze
- Obtain via shakedown
- Obtain via threats
- Use a threat to get
More clues leading to the result WREST
- Take forcefully
- Take by force
- Pull (from)
- Forcibly take
- Appropriate by force
- Yank away
- Take away
- Take away forcibly
- Seize by force
- Seize forcibly