| Assume (authority) (5) |
Puzzler |
27 Sep 2025 |
| Seize, as power |
Universal |
28 Aug 2025 |
| Seize (power) by force |
Puzzler Backwords |
19 Aug 2025 |
| Take forcibly |
Wall Street Journal |
13 Aug 2025 |
| Take over |
The Telegraph Plusword |
25 Jul 2025 |
| Seize (power) wrongfully (5) |
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| Forcefully seize power (5) |
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| Unscrupulously supplant |
The Times Concise |
12 Jul 2025 |
| Take (power) by force (5) |
Puzzler |
10 Jul 2025 |
| Puts out rap regularly to seize power (5) |
Puzzler Cryptic |
07 Jul 2025 |
| Seize, take over or appropriate (5) |
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| USP used around ancient city as appropriate |
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| Seize by force |
Thomas Joseph |
28 Jun 2025 |
| Take over firm downsized in a spell of prosperity (5) |
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| Unjustly assume |
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| Leaders of Uganda should use red pepper to seize power (5) |
Puzzler Cryptic |
22 Jun 2025 |
| Take illegally or by force (5) |
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| Appropriate university Prudence's backed (5) |
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| Commandeer |
The Times Sunday Concise |
25 May 2025 |
| You encroach on us and you are pitiless to begin with |
|
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| Wrongfully seize control of (5) |
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| Assume in pretence (5) |
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| Seize control of |
Newsday |
20 Apr 2025 |
| Make like Claudius in "Hamlet" |
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| It could be appropriate without authority (5) |
|
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| Seize power at university, holding on in France (5) |
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| Seize by force |
Thomas Joseph |
05 Apr 2025 |
| Illegitimately seize (power) (5) |
The Guardian Quick |
05 Apr 2025 |
| Start pursuing recklessly to seize (5) |
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| Seize (power) by force |
Puzzler Backwords |
22 Mar 2025 |
| Seize power in Cyprus uprising (5) |
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| Take over forcibly |
USA Today |
01 Mar 2025 |
| Exhorbitant interest (5) |
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| Seize unlawfully (5) |
The Guardian Quick |
13 Jan 2025 |
| Wrongly take possession of (5) |
Puzzler |
07 Jan 2025 |
| Seize part of Paraparaumu surprisingly (5) |
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| Seize by force |
Thomas Joseph |
26 Dec 2024 |
| Second in use, reportedly - regular trip is appropriate (5) |
|
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| Seize by force |
New York Times Mini |
08 Dec 2024 |
| Take control unjustly (5) |
|
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| Wrongfully assume right (5) |
|
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| Forcefully supplant |
New York Times |
26 Nov 2024 |
| Take over central, busy church, quietly |
|
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| Seize without permission |
|
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| Take by force |
Wall Street Journal |
30 Oct 2024 |
| Take wrongfully |
|
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| Have no right to take over authority like this (5) |
|
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| Seize power from menu, surprisingly! (5) |
|
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| Unjustly seize power |
USA Today |
12 Oct 2024 |
| Seize power by force |
The Telegraph Plusword |
10 Oct 2024 |
| Seize without authority (5) |
Puzzler |
09 Oct 2024 |
| Seize a position of power by force (5) |
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| Commandeer |
Puzzler Backwords |
01 Oct 2024 |
| Seize illegally |
Premier Sunday |
29 Sep 2024 |
| Rex splits us up to seize control |
|
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| Take over an endless wild pursuit |
|
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| Illegally seize |
New York Times |
17 Sep 2024 |
| Assume (authority) by force (5) |
|
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| Assume (power) wrongfully (5) |
The Sun Mini |
09 Sep 2024 |
| Muscle in on |
|
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| American heads of unions require power to take over (5) |
|
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| Stage a hostile takeover of |
New York Times |
11 Aug 2024 |
| Seize by force |
Thomas Joseph |
22 Jul 2024 |
| Seize (power) by force |
Puzzler Backwords |
13 Jul 2024 |
| Take over without authority (5) |
|
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| Take over unconstitutionally (5) |
Puzzler |
28 Jun 2024 |
| One has no right to take things so (5) |
|
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| Take power unlawfully |
|
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| Take by force |
USA Today |
13 Jun 2024 |
| Forcibly seize American Wyatt, we hear (5) |
|
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| Appropriate hunting pursuit but it's banned (5) |
|
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| Take without right |
|
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| Unjustly take over (5) |
|
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| Seize by force |
Newsday |
27 May 2024 |
| Appropriate sporting pursuit but it's banned (5) |
|
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| Enter the office uninvited? (5) |
|
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| Grab power |
LA Times Daily |
12 May 2024 |
| Wrong way to achieve a takeover (5) |
|
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| Snatch the crown, in a sense |
|
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| Illegally acquire (5) |
|
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| Seize without authority |
The Guardian Quick |
01 Apr 2024 |
| States old city president to take over (5) |
|
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| Seize a throne |
|
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| Take another's place, changing pursuit without it (5) |
|
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| Seize unjustly (5) |
|
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| Take over part of Cyprus, up from the south (5) |
|
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| Wrongly assume (power) (5) |
|
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| Seize by force |
Eugene Sheffer |
09 Feb 2024 |
| Seize |
New York Times |
31 Jan 2024 |
| Take command of moneylending business, assuming power for years |
The Times Cryptic |
29 Jan 2024 |
| Take over wrongfully |
|
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| Take over (power) (5) |
Puzzler |
16 Jan 2024 |
| Appropriate unique selling point about old city (5) |
|
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| You are to sup it or others will encroach on it |
|
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| Make like Robert Baratheon (at least from the Targaryens' perspective) |
|
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| See American turn in the middle and quietly take their place |
|
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| Seize wrongfully |
Mirror Classic |
12 Dec 2023 |
| Seize illegally |
LA Times Daily |
04 Dec 2023 |
| Seize forcibly |
Premier Sunday |
26 Nov 2023 |
| Seize illegally |
New York Times |
23 Nov 2023 |
| Take over by force |
Newsday |
14 Nov 2023 |
| Take the wrong way? |
Wall Street Journal |
13 Nov 2023 |
| Supplant without due authority |
The Times Concise |
21 Oct 2023 |
| Take forcibly |
Newsday |
01 Oct 2023 |
| Seize by force |
Thomas Joseph |
08 Sep 2023 |
| Heads of ultra socialist union revoke parliament to take over |
The Guardian Quiptic |
14 Aug 2023 |
| Seize wrongfully |
The Guardian Quick |
17 Jul 2023 |
| Wrest |
Wall Street Journal |
11 May 2023 |
| Seize |
New York Times |
16 Mar 2023 |
| Appropriate inappropriately |
LA Times Daily |
23 Jan 2023 |
| Seize control of |
Newsday |
04 Dec 2022 |
| Forcefully seize |
USA Today |
27 Oct 2022 |
| Seize by force |
Eugene Sheffer |
24 Oct 2022 |
| Take badly? |
New York Times |
22 Oct 2022 |
| Illegally seize something from Manchu, surprisingly |
The Times Cryptic |
21 Oct 2022 |
| Seize power |
The Guardian Speedy |
25 Sep 2022 |
| Short of energy, finish with spot of redecorating in annex |
The Telegraph Toughie |
18 Aug 2022 |
| Take control by force |
The Guardian Quick |
18 May 2022 |
| Seize, as a king's power |
Family Time |
06 Feb 2022 |
| Take over new pursuit needing information technology |
|
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| Assume by force |
Wall Street Journal |
22 Dec 2021 |
| Take by force |
USA Today |
09 Dec 2021 |
| Seize without authority |
The Guardian Quick |
04 Dec 2021 |
| Take control of without authority |
Irish Times Simplex |
18 Nov 2021 |
| Seize power from |
The Times Concise |
17 Nov 2021 |
| Take over |
Wall Street Journal |
23 Oct 2021 |
| Seize illegally |
Universal |
13 Oct 2021 |
| Commandeer |
The Telegraph Quick |
24 Sep 2021 |
| Assume illegally |
Wall Street Journal |
23 Sep 2021 |
| Seize power by force |
The Times Concise |
18 Sep 2021 |
| Take by force |
New York Times |
24 Aug 2021 |
| Take forcibly |
Universal |
07 Aug 2021 |
| Seize by force |
Newsday |
03 Aug 2021 |
| Take by force |
New York Times |
21 Jul 2021 |
| Seize illegitimately |
USA Today |
21 Jul 2021 |
| Take over forcefully |
|
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| Seize wrongfully |
USA Today |
21 Jun 2021 |
| Commandeer |
Wall Street Journal |
19 Jun 2021 |
| Take unrightfully |
USA Today |
10 Mar 2021 |
| Commandeer marketing concept about old city |
Irish Times Crosaire |
17 Dec 2020 |
| Forcefully overthrow, as a king |
|
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| Take by force |
Wall Street Journal |
10 Dec 2020 |
| Seize illegally |
The Washington Post |
29 Nov 2020 |
| Seize illegally |
LA Times Daily |
29 Nov 2020 |
| Seize (power) illegally |
The Times Concise |
23 Oct 2020 |
| Seize by force |
|
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| Seize by force |
Thomas Joseph |
21 Oct 2020 |
| Take forcibly |
Premier Sunday |
20 Sep 2020 |
| Assume moneylending will succumb ultimately to pressure |
|
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| Take by force |
Universal |
05 Sep 2020 |
| Seize power from |
The Times Concise |
22 Aug 2020 |
| Union raise matter about manager behind take over |
|
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| Take by force |
LA Times Daily |
04 Jun 2020 |
| Take by force |
The Washington Post |
04 Jun 2020 |
| Seize control of |
Newsday |
27 May 2020 |
| Take over forcefully |
|
|
| Take control of without authority |
Irish Times Simplex |
04 Apr 2020 |
| Enter office uninvited? |
The Sun Two Speed |
19 Feb 2020 |
| Take over |
The Sun Two Speed |
19 Feb 2020 |
| Seize illegally |
|
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| Supplant head of union by surprise? Not half! |
|
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| Appropriate |
New York Times |
18 Dec 2019 |
| Appropriate |
|
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| Almost certain to break up – that's appropriate |
|
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| Steal a throne, e.g |
Canadiana |
09 Dec 2019 |
| Seize without authority |
Family Time |
28 Oct 2019 |
| Take unlawfully |
Universal |
02 Oct 2019 |
| Appropriate |
The Telegraph Quick |
29 Sep 2019 |
| Take by force |
Newsday |
28 Jul 2019 |
| Take over America; USSR heartless on gaining power |
|
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| Take over forcibly |
Wall Street Journal |
08 Apr 2019 |
| Assume by force |
Jonesin |
26 Feb 2019 |
| Take over by force |
Wall Street Journal |
19 Feb 2019 |
| Seize, as power |
Newsday |
07 Feb 2019 |
| Seize by force |
Wall Street Journal |
04 Feb 2019 |
| Dethrone |
The Guardian Speedy |
03 Feb 2019 |
| Dethrone; take forcibly |
The Guardian Speedy |
27 Jan 2019 |
| Seize illegally |
Universal |
08 Jan 2019 |
| Arrogate |
Canadiana |
07 Jan 2019 |
| Take over forcibly |
|
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| Seize illegally |
|
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| Take over by force |
|
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| Take unlawfully |
|
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| Seize by force |
|
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| Seize improperly |
Newsday |
13 Dec 2018 |
| Take possession of |
The Telegraph Quick |
31 Oct 2018 |
| Appropriate inappropriately |
Wall Street Journal |
17 Oct 2018 |
| Take over |
The Times Concise |
05 Aug 2018 |
| Move in on |
|
|
| Central parts of industry reassuringly, and quietly, appropriate |
|
|
| Seize by force |
Family Time |
18 Jun 2018 |
| Take over |
The Telegraph Quick |
27 May 2018 |
| Overthrow |
Universal |
25 May 2018 |
| Seize unlawfully |
USA Today |
16 May 2018 |
| Seize (throne, e.g.) |
The Telegraph Quick |
05 May 2018 |
| Take unlawfully |
USA Today |
23 Mar 2018 |
| Take a wrong way |
Newsday |
03 Mar 2018 |
| Forcefully overthrow |
|
|
| Take over by force |
Newsday |
04 Jan 2018 |
| Overthrow |
|
|
| Seize unlawfully |
|
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| Appropriate inappropriately |
|
|
| Take forcibly |
Eugene Sheffer |
05 Dec 2017 |
| Illegally supplant |
Wall Street Journal |
29 Nov 2017 |
| Take by force |
Jonesin |
17 Oct 2017 |
| Seize |
The Washington Post |
05 Oct 2017 |
| Seize |
LA Times Daily |
05 Oct 2017 |
| Seize chateau at last by surprise? Not half! |
|
|
| To seize power from a king, say |
|
|
| Supplant (someone in power) |
The Times Concise |
21 Jul 2017 |
| Appropriate |
Newsday |
10 Jun 2017 |
| Seize without legal authority |
New York Times |
21 Mar 2017 |
| Seize power illegally |
Universal |
28 Feb 2017 |
| Seize without authority |
The Washington Post |
01 Feb 2017 |
| Take over |
LA Times Daily |
11 Jan 2017 |
| Seize without legal authority |
|
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| Take by force |
|
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| Take over |
|
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| Seize power illegally |
|
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| Seize |
|
|
| Assume America in revolt with Republican getting in |
The Telegraph Cryptic |
01 Dec 2016 |
| Take forcibly |
New York Times |
28 Nov 2016 |
| Seize illegally |
Wall Street Journal |
16 Nov 2016 |
| Depose illegally |
The Telegraph Quick |
10 Sep 2016 |
| Seize forcibly |
USA Today |
09 Sep 2016 |
| Take over forcibly |
LA Times Daily |
05 Jul 2016 |
| Seize letters from Anu, surprisingly |
|
|
| Seize without right |
The Washington Post |
16 Mar 2016 |
| Seize unlawfully |
New York Times |
08 Mar 2016 |
| Expropriate |
USA Today |
05 Mar 2016 |
| Seize forcibly |
|
|
| Take over forcibly |
|
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| Take forcibly |
|
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| Take forcibly |
Universal |
30 Dec 2015 |
| Seize by force |
Universal |
23 Dec 2015 |
| Seize, as the throne |
Universal |
30 Oct 2015 |
| Encroach on |
Newsday |
30 Oct 2015 |
| Take forcibly |
Newsday |
28 Oct 2015 |
| Lay claim to |
Universal |
07 Sep 2015 |
| Commandeer |
Newsday |
24 Jun 2015 |
| Assume it's not quite certain in north-western state |
|
|
| Take power forcibly |
USA Today |
08 Apr 2015 |
| Take by force |
The Telegraph Quick |
07 Apr 2015 |
| Commandeer |
Eugene Sheffer |
02 Jan 2015 |
| Commandeer |
|
|
| Take power forcibly |
|
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| Lay claim to |
|
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| Seize, as the throne |
|
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| Take forcibly |
|
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| Commandeer |
|
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| Encroach on |
|
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| Seize by force |
|
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| Take forcibly |
|
|
| Seize American lawman, say |
|
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| Take by force |
|
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| Seize illegally |
|
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| Appropriate |
|
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| Seize |
|
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| Take by force |
|
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| Seize power illegally |
|
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| Seize forcefully |
|
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| Take unrightfully |
|
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| Seize, as power |
|
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| Use without authority |
|
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| Seize |
|
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| Supplant illegally |
|
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| Take by force |
|
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| Use without authority |
|
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| Take forcibly |
|
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| Seize forcibly |
|
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| Take the wrong way? |
|
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| Lay claim to |
|
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| Seize by force |
|
|
| 23 Unjustly take hold of American with 'university' accent |
|
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| Assume wrongfully |
|
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| Grab |
|
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| Improperly seize |
|
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| Supplant illegally |
|
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| Seize illegally |
|
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| Take by force |
|
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| Commandeer |
|
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| Seize the throne |
|
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| Wrongfully seize and hold |
|
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| Forcibly lay claim to |
|
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| Take without asking |
|
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| Wrongfully seize and hold |
|
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| Take forcibly |
|
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| Grab, as power |
|
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| Seize by force |
|
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| Take over |
|
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| Seize, as a throne |
|
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| Seize by force |
|
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| Grab, as power |
|
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| Seize without authority |
|
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| Appropriate |
|
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| Grab, as power |
|
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| Take by force |
|
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| Take without permission |
|
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| Take over with force |
|
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| Take illegally |
|
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| Take by force |
|
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| Seize illegally |
|
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| Take forcibly |
|
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| Take by force |
|
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| Seize by force |
|
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| Take forcibly |
|
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| Appropriate |
|
|
| Commit a coup d'etat |
|
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| Seize without authority |
|
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| Seize by force |
|
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| Stage a hostile takeover |
|
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| Take illegally |
|
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| Appropriate |
|
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| Lay claim to |
|
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| Wrest |
|
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| Expropriate |
|
|
| Commit a coup d'état |
|
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| Employ wrongfully |
|
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| Take by force |
|
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| Seize, as power |
|
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| Take for oneself |
|
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| Use without authority |
|
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| Take as one's right |
|
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| Take over with force |
|
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| Appropriate |
|
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| Take by force |
|
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| Assume |
|
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| Take over with force |
|
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| Ignore copyrights |
|
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| Take over forcefully |
|
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| Appropriate |
|
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| Take by force |
|
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| Take illegally |
|
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| Illegally seize |
|
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| Illegally seize |
|
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| Seize control of |
|
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| Take illegally |
|
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| Take over |
|
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| Seize, as the throne |
|
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| Grab, as power |
|
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| Take control of |
|
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| Take illegally |
|
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| Move in on |
|
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| Seize and hold |
|
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| Preempt |
|
|
| Unlawfully take over |
|
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| Take power forcibly |
|
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| Assume by force |
|
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| Take over? |
|
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| Expropriate |
|
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| Employ wrongfully |
|
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| Seize without authority |
|
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| Seize the throne |
|
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| Supplant illegally |
|
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| Seize power |
|
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| Pull off a coup d'etat |
|
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| Pre-empt |
|
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| Arrogate |
|
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| Obtain by force |
|
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| Appropriate forcibly |
|
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| Seize illegally |
|
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| Take over forcefully |
|
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| Take over illegally |
|
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| Talk arrogantly |
|
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| Take over forcibly |
|
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| Encroach on |
|
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| Seize by force |
|
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| Take over by force. |
|
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| Seize wrongfully. |
|
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| Seize by force. |
|
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| Seize and hold without right. |
|
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| Confiscate. |
|
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| Seize power. |
|
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| Take unjustly. |
|
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| Arrogate. |
|
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| Take over. |
|
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| Assume unrightfully. |
|
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