obtain by force (verb)
21take — verb (past took; past participle taken) 1》 reach for and hold with one s hands. 2》 carry or bring with one; convey or guide. ↘remove from a place. ↘subtract. 3》 accept or receive. ↘understand or accept as valid. ↘submit to,… …
22extract — verb ɪk strakt, ɛk 1》 remove, especially by effort or force. ↘obtain (money, information, etc.) from someone unwilling to give it. 2》 obtain (a substance) from something by a special method. 3》 select (a passage from a text, film, or piece of …
23extract — verb (t) /əkˈstrækt / (say uhk strakt), /ɛk / (say ek ) 1. to draw forth or get out by force: to extract a tooth. 2. to deduce (a doctrine, principle, etc.). 3. to derive or obtain (pleasure, comfort, etc.) from a particular source. 4. to take or …
24squeeze — verb 1》 firmly press from opposite or all sides, typically with the fingers. ↘extract (liquid or a soft substance) from something by squeezing. 2》 (squeeze in/into/through) manage to get into or through (a restricted space). ↘(squeeze… …
25extort — verb a) To wrest from an unwilling person by physical force, menace, duress, torture, or any undue or illegal exercise of power or ingenuity; to wrench away (from); to tear away; to wring (from); to exact; as, to extort contributions from the… …
26wrest — verb /rɛst/ a) To pull or twist violently. There was one of the tribe of Tarzan who questioned his authority, and that was Terkoz, the son of Tublat, but he so feared the keen knife and the deadly arrows of his new lord that he confined the… …
27fight — verb (past and past participle fought) 1》 take part in a violent struggle involving physical force or weapons. ↘engage in (a war or contest). ↘quarrel or argue. ↘(fight someone/thing off) defend oneself against an attack by someone or …
28hustle — verb 1》 push roughly; jostle. ↘force to move hurriedly or unceremoniously: I was hustled away. 2》 informal, chiefly N. Amer. obtain illicitly or by forceful action. ↘(hustle someone into) pressure someone into doing something. ↘sell… …
29wring — verb (past and past participle wrung rʌŋ) 1》 squeeze and twist to force liquid from. ↘extract (liquid) in this way. ↘squeeze (someone s hand) tightly. 2》 break (an animal s neck) by twisting forcibly. 3》 (often wring something from/out… …
30extort — verb he was convicted of extorting money from local residents Syn: force, extract, exact, wring, wrest, screw, squeeze, obtain by threat(s), blackmail someone for; informal put the bite on someone for; soak, rook …
