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Appropriate In Slang Crossword Clue

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We've checked our database and believe the answer is PINCH which was last seen in the New York Times crossword.
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99%5Exact Match!
noun

• a painful or straitened circumstance

• an injury resulting from getting some body part squeezed

• a slight but appreciable amount

• a sudden unforeseen crisis (usually involving danger) that requires immediate action

• a small sharp bite or snip

• a squeeze with the fingers

• the act of apprehending (especially apprehending a criminal)

verb

• squeeze tightly between the fingers

• make ridges into by pinching together

• make off with belongings of others

• cut the top off

• irritate as if by a nip, pinch, or tear

27%3Appropriate, using three of the letters in "appropriate"
adjective satellite

• (usually followed by `to') naturally disposed toward

• at risk of or subject to experiencing something usually unpleasant

• mentally quick and resourceful

• being of striking appropriateness and pertinence

27%8 Soldiers authorised to appropriate a vehicle - and appropriate's the word for it!
adjective

• having a bearing on or connection with the subject at issue

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New York Times19 Feb 2012 Across 41
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