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A Clergyman May Be Arrested Crossword Clue

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We've checked our database and believe the answer is COLLARED which was last seen in the The Guardian Cryptic crossword.
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We think the answer to this crossword clue is: COLLARED

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99%8Exact Match!
verb

• To grab or seize by the collar or neck.

• To place a collar on, to fit with one.

• To seize, capture or detain.

• To preempt, control stringently and exclusively.

• (law enforcement) To arrest.

• To bind in conversation.

• To roll up (beef or other meat) and bind it with string preparatory to cooking.

• (BDSM) To bind (a submissive) to a dominant under specific conditions or obligations.

adjective

• Having a collar (or other encircling demarcation).

36%12 Religious decision to turn a clergyman into a non-clergyman
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29%6Clergyman receiving company of clergyman
noun

• a Protestant layman who assists the minister

• a cleric ranking just below a priest in Christian churches; one of the Holy Orders

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The Guardian Cryptic23 Mar 2009 Across 1
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