Key: "S:" = Show Synset (semantic) relations, "W:" = Show Word (lexical) relations
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Verb
S: (v) kidnap, nobble, abduct, snatch (take away to an undisclosed location against their will and usually in order to extract a ransom) "The industrialist's son was kidnapped"
S: (v) seize, prehend, clutch (take hold of; grab) "The sales clerk quickly seized the money on the counter"; "She clutched her purse"; "The mother seized her child by the arm"; "Birds of prey often seize small mammals"
S: (v) wrest (obtain by seizing forcibly or violently, also metaphorically) "wrest the knife from his hands"; "wrest a meaning from the old text"; "wrest power from the old government"
S: (v) kidnap, nobble, abduct, snatch (take away to an undisclosed location against their will and usually in order to extract a ransom) "The industrialist's son was kidnapped"
S: (v) shanghai, impress (take (someone) against his will for compulsory service, especially on board a ship) "The men were shanghaied after being drugged"