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One Seizing Power Illegally Crossword Clue

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noun

• one who wrongfully or illegally seizes and holds the place of another

46%8 Those illegally seizing power
noun

• one who wrongfully or illegally seizes and holds the place of another

37%9Seizing or seizing up suddenly
noun

• a small fragment

• obscene terms for female genitals

• (law) the unlawful act of capturing and carrying away a person against their will and holding them in false imprisonment

• a weightlift in which the barbell is lifted overhead in one rapid motion

• the act of catching an object with the hands

verb

• to grasp hastily or eagerly

• to make grasping motions

• take away to an undisclosed location against their will and usually in order to extract a ransom

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