wresting
Grabbing through struggle
Wresting is the act of pulling or twisting something away by force: wresting the knife from his grip.
More often the word appears figuratively—wresting control, wresting power, wresting a confession.
The sense is always of obtaining something through struggle or effort, taking it from someone who resists giving it up.
Rapid forceful taking
- grabSeize abruptly
- plunderGoods seized violently
- usurpSeize without right
- expropriateSeize for state use
appropriate · confiscate · commandeer · capture · dispossess · extract · pry · reclaim
Seize and fight closely
- tussleBrief physical struggle
- scuffleBrief disorderly struggle
- struggleLabored effort against resistance
- gripSecure manual hold
leverage · pull · tug · yank · heave · strain · exertion · effort
Power to enforce obedience
- dominanceSuperior influence over others
- powerEnergy transfer rate
- commandAuthoritative instruction given
- sovereigntySupreme independent authority
reins · helm · ascendancy · upper hand · mastery · grip · hold · influence
Game between opponents
- opponentOne who contends against
- grapplingClose-quarters combat technique
- takedownForced grounding maneuver
- pinPointed metal fastener
mat · bout · sparring · technique · victory · defeat · sumo · tournament
Assuming command of something
- acquisitionAct of obtaining something
- hostile bidUnsolicited acquisition offer
- buyoutPurchase of controlling interest
- leveragedEmployed for advantage
shareholders · equity · assets · consolidation · stake · privatization · boardroom · ouster
snatch
Rapid forceful taking
expropriate · appropriate · confiscate · commandeer · capture · dispossess · extract · pry · reclaim · recover
grapple
Seize and fight closely
- tussleBrief physical struggle
- scuffleBrief disorderly struggle
- struggleLabored effort against resistance
grip · leverage · pull · tug · yank · heave · strain · exertion · effort · muscle
authority
Power to enforce obedience
- dominanceSuperior influence over others
- powerEnergy transfer rate
- commandAuthoritative instruction given
sovereignty · reins · helm · ascendancy · upper hand · mastery · grip · hold · influence · supremacy
match
Game between opponents
- opponentOne who contends against
- grapplingClose-quarters combat technique
- takedownForced grounding maneuver
pin · mat · bout · sparring · technique · victory · defeat · sumo · tournament · championship
takeover
Assuming command of something
- acquisitionAct of obtaining something
- hostile bidUnsolicited acquisition offer
- buyoutPurchase of controlling interest
leveraged · shareholders · equity · assets · consolidation · stake · privatization · boardroom · ouster · divestiture
- extractingmining, drilling, juicing, pulling, yanking
- takeovertakeover, take over, seize power, seizure, coup d'etat
- acquiringobtaining, getting, grabbing, seizing, taking
- corruptioncorruption, graft, kickbacks, bribery, bribes
- displacementdislocation, dislodging, relocation, displacing, uprooting
wrestinggiving
Transferring to another
surrendering · relinquishing · yielding · ceding · bestowing
wrestingreleasing
Allowing to escape
letting go · surrendering · abandoning · forfeiting · renouncing
wrestinghanding over
Transferring control or possession
passing · delivering · proffering · extending · conveying
wrestle, wrest, wrestling, wrestler, wrestles, wrestlers, wrested, wrests, outwrestled