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  • 91appropriate — ap·pro·pri·ate /ə prō prē ˌāt/ vt at·ed, at·ing [Late Latin appropriare to take possession of, from ad to, for + proprius one s own] 1: to set apart for or assign to a particular recipient, purpose, or use the legislature appropriating funds for… …

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  • 92enter — en·ter vi: to go or come in; specif: to go upon real property by right of entry esp. to take possession lessor shall have the right to enter and take possession often used in deeds and leases vt 1: to come or go into he breaks into and enter s a… …

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  • 93preempt — pre·empt /prē empt/ vt 1 a: to acquire (land) by preemption b: to seize upon to the exclusion of others: take for oneself a senior user of a trademark could not preempt use of the mark in remote geographical markets Mesa Springs Enterprises v.… …

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  • 94replevy — re·plevy 1 /ri ple vē/ n pl re·plev·ies: replevin replevy 2 vt re·plev·ied, re·plevy·ing [probably from Anglo French replevi, past participle of replevir to give security, from Old French, to give security for, from re back + plevir to pledge]:… …

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  • 95take over — index accroach, annex (arrogate), appropriate, attach (seize), condemn (seize), confiscate …

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  • 96assume ownership — index acquire (secure), annex (arrogate), appropriate, condemn (seize), distrain, impropria …

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  • 97bear away — index distrain, hijack, impropriate Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …

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  • 98carry away — I verb abduce, abduct, capture, carry off, commandeer, convey away, drag away, expropriate, kidnap, make off with, overcome, overpower, purloin, ravish, remove, remove bodily, run off with, seize, shanghai, spirit away, steal, take away, take by… …

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  • 99carry off — index carry away, dislodge, distrain, hijack, hold up (rob), kidnap, loot, perpetrate …

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  • 100compel — com·pel /kəm pel/ vt com·pelled, com·pel·ling: to cause to do or occur by overwhelming pressure and esp. by authority or law cannot compel the defendant to testify the result...is compelled by, the original understanding of the fourteenth… …

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