The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 6 letter word WRESTS , but the solution may also be USURPS which is one of the most recent solution (2022 in Universal uClick).
Takes by force crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| WRESTS | 49 % | 6 |
| USURPS | 19 % | 6 |
| SEIZES | 19 % | 6 |
| HIJACKS | 5 % | 7 |
| EXTORTS | 3 % | 7 |
| RESTS | 3 % | 5 |
| ROBS | 3 % | 4 |
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Takes by force
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Crossword Answer definitions
WRESTS verb- 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.
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 WRESTS
- Pulls away
- Yanks (from)
- Takes by force
- Takes from
- Takes away by force
- Takes hold of
- Jerks
- Takes using force
- Tears (away) from
- Forcibly removes
More clues leading to the result USURPS
- Takes illegally
- Commandeers
- Seizes without authority
- Takes power by force
- Seizes illegally
- Seizes unlawfully
- Takes over
- Takes by force
- Takes over by force
- Seizes by force
More clues leading to the result SEIZES
- Grabs
- Grabs hold of
- Gets one's hands on
- Appropriates
- Commandeers
- Snatches
- Takes by force
- Captures
- Suddenly stops working, with "up"
- Confiscates
More clues leading to the result HIJACKS
- Commits piracy, in a way
- Takes by force
- Steals, gangster style.
- Diverts, in a way
- Commandeers ... or a friendly hello to the people starting 18-, 24-, 51- and 62-Across?
- Pirates
- Commits piracy of a sort
More clues leading to the result EXTORTS
- Uses muscle to get
- Tries to shake down
- Obtains through coercion
- Obtains via coercion, as money
- Bleeds
- Blackmails.
- Wrings from.
- Wrests from.
- Gouges
- Shakes down
More clues leading to the result RESTS
- Musical breathers
- Takes five
- Musical stops
- Quiet moments
- Sheet music symbols
- Takes a breather
- Takes a siesta
- Takes a break
- Pauses
- Stops playing