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 LA Times in 2024.
Take by force crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| WREST | 39 % | 5 |
| USURP | 29 % | 5 |
| SEIZE | 23 % | 5 |
| HIJACK | 7 % | 6 |
| COMMANDEER | 1 % | 10 |
| EXTORT | 1 % | 6 |
Why may WREST be the right solution?
"WREST" means to take something away by force. It fits the clue perfectly because it describes the action of taking something forcefully.
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Take by force
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- seize
- usurp
- commandeer
- expropriate
- sieze
- confiscate
- steal
- repossess
- hijack
- co opt
- grab
- destroy
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.
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 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
More clues leading to the result USURP
- Appropriate
- Seize and hold
- Take by force
- Assume by force
- Commandeer
- Seize
- Ignore copyrights
- Stage a hostile takeover
- Preempt
- Seize, as the throne
More clues leading to the result SEIZE
- Take forcibly
- Afflict suddenly
- Grab
- Grasp forcibly
- Capture
- Apprehend
- Appropriate
- Take by force
- Confiscate
- Take control of
More clues leading to the result HIJACK
- Take a ride?
- Take the A train?
- Rob, in a way
- Seize a vehicle in transit
- Seize control of
- Take the plane
- Take by force
- Take by force, as a plane
- Seize by force
- Steal, as cargo