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TOOK: Synonyms and Related Words. What is Another Word for TOOK?

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Associations of "Took" (30 Words)

Associations of "Took" (30 Words)

acquirement	The action of acquiring something. The acquirement* of self control.*
acquisition	An ability that has been acquired by training. The acquisition* of wealth.*
bring	Go or come after and bring or take back. She brings a special atmosphere to our meetings.
broach	(of a fish or sea mammal) rise through the water and break the surface. He broached the subject he had been avoiding all evening.
buccaneer	Live like a buccaneer. The company might be a target for an individual buccaneer* seeking power and prestige.*
confiscate	Appropriate (something, especially land) to the public treasury as a penalty. The guards confiscated his camera.
deprivation	The disadvantage that results from losing something. Losing him is no great deprivation.
deprive	Prevent (a person or place) from having or using something. The city was deprived of its water supplies.
dispossess	(in sport) deprive (a player) of the ball. He dispossessed Hendrie and set off on a solo run.
fetch	The action of fetching. That brute Cullam fetched him a wallop.
forfeit	The action of forfeiting something. Those unable to meet their taxes were liable to forfeit* their estates.*
forfeiture	Something that is lost or surrendered as a penalty. Magistrates ordered the forfeiture* of his computer.*
grab	Take hold of so as to seize or restrain or stop the motion of. The brakes grabbed very badly.
have	Have or possess either in a concrete or an abstract sense. Have a postdoc.
hold	Support or hold in a certain manner. This basic argument holds for almost any economic model of competition.
impound	Place or shut up in a pound. Vehicles parked where they cause an obstruction will be impounded.
impoverish	Make poor. The wars had impoverished him.
loot	Goods or money obtained illegally. A gang looted Rs 1 5 lakh from a passenger.
own	Have something as one s own possess. For your own* use.*
picking	The act of picking crops or fruit or hops etc. He sent the first picking* of berries to the market.*
pillage	The act of stealing valuable things from a place. Rebellious peasants intent on pillage.
plunder	Plunder a town after capture. Looters moved into the disaster area to plunder* shops.*
procure	Cause (something) to happen. He procured his wife to sign the mandate for the joint account.
ransack	Go through (a place) stealing things and causing damage. Man has ransacked the planet for fuel.
secure	Protected against attack or other criminal activity. A secure* unit for young offenders.*
seize	Seize and take control without authority and possibly with force take as one s right or possession. He seized his chance to attack as Carr hesitated.
supplant	Take the place or move into the position of. The computer has supplanted the slide rule.
usurp	Take the place of (someone in a position of power) illegally; supplant. Gloom had usurped mirth at the party after the news of the terrorist act broke.