| has gloss | (verb) take by force; "Hitler took the Baltic Republics"; "The army took the fort on the hill"
take |
| lexicalization | eng: take |
| has subclass | (verb) take forcibly from legal custody; "rescue prisoners"
rescue |
| has subclass | (verb) take by attacking with scaling ladders; "The troops scaled the walls of the fort"
scale |
| has subclass | (verb) obtain through intimidation
extort |
| has subclass | (verb) seize and take control without authority and possibly with force; take as one's right or possession; "He assumed to himself the right to fill all positions in the town"; "he usurped my rights"; "She seized control of the throne after her husband died"
arrogate, usurp, assume, seize, take over |
| has subclass | (verb) take back by force, as after a battle; "The military forces managed to recapture the fort"
recapture, retake |
| has subclass | (verb) take by stealing; "The thief relieved me of $100"
relieve |
| has subclass | (verb) take without the owner's consent; "Someone stole my wallet on the train"; "This author stole entire paragraphs from my dissertation"
steal |
| has subclass | (verb) steal goods; take as spoils; "During the earthquake people looted the stores that were deserted by their owners"
plunder, strip, foray, ransack, loot, despoil, rifle, pillage, reave |
| has subclass | (verb) plunder (a town) after capture; "the barbarians sacked Rome"
sack, plunder |