Take over by force
The crossword clue "Take over by force" is answered by USURP, a 5-letter entry. Used 6 times across 6 distinct years; most recently in 2023. It appears in 5 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
USURP
5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the USURP answer page.
Used 6 times across 6 distinct years; most recently in 2023. It appears in 5 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
Other answers for this clue
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Other clues for USURP
Every other clue in this collection answered by USURP, most used first.
- Seize by force - used 46 times, most recently in 2026
- Take by force - used 45 times, most recently in 2025
- Take forcibly - used 24 times, most recently in 2026
- Appropriate - used 22 times, most recently in 2024
- Seize illegally - used 21 times, most recently in 2026
- Seize - used 16 times, most recently in 2026
- Commandeer - used 12 times, most recently in 2021
- Take illegally - used 9 times, most recently in 2026
- Take over - used 9 times, most recently in 2026
- Seize, as power - used 7 times, most recently in 2025
- Seize control of - used 6 times, most recently in 2026
- Stage a coup - used 6 times, most recently in 2008
Related clues
Clues in this collection of the same answer length that share a word with this clue, or match its answer pattern when no word is shared. Most used first.
- Take care of - SEETO, used 337 times
- Take the wheel - STEER, used 188 times
- Over - ENDED, used 170 times
- Take place - OCCUR, used 121 times
- Units of force - DYNES, used 116 times
- Take as one's own - ADOPT, used 111 times
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