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Extortion :: Extortion (n.) The act of extorting; the act or practice of wresting anything from a person by force, by threats, or by any undue exercise of power; undue exaction; overcharge..

Wring :: Wring (v. t.) To distort; to pervert; to wrest.

Palestra :: Palestra (n.) A wrestling school; hence, a gymnasium, or place for athletic exercise in general..

Detort :: Detort (v. t.) To turn form the original or plain meaning; to pervert; to wrest.

Wrested :: Wrested (imp. & p. p.) of Wres.

Scuffle :: Scuffle (v. i.) To strive or struggle with a close grapple; to wrestle in a rough fashion.

Wry :: Wry (a.) To twist; to distort; to writhe; to wrest; to vex.

Wrestle :: Wrestle (v. t.) To wrestle with; to seek to throw down as in wrestling.

Contort :: Contort (v. t.) To twist, or twist together; to turn awry; to bend; to distort; to wrest..

Writhe :: Writhe (v. t.) To wrest; to distort; to pervert.

Hug :: Hug (n.) A close embrace or clasping with the arms, as in affection or in wrestling..

Trip :: Trip (v. t.) To cause to stumble, or take a false step; to cause to lose the footing, by striking the feet from under; to cause to fall; to throw off the balance; to supplant; -- often followed by up; as, to trip up a man in wrestling..

Hip :: Hip (v. t.) To throw (one's adversary) over one's hip in wrestling (technically called cross buttock).

Pull :: Pull (n.) A contest; a struggle; as, a wrestling pull..

Close :: Close (n.) A grapple in wrestling.

Extort :: Extort (v. t.) To wrest from an unwilling person by physical force, menace, duress, torture, or any undue or illegal exercise of power or ingenuity; to wrench away (from); to tear away; to wring (from); to exact; as, to extort contributions from the vanquished; to extort confessions of guilt; to extort a promise; to extort payment of a debt..

Wrastle :: Wrastle (v. i.) To wrestle.

Saw-set :: Saw-set (n.) An instrument used to set or turn the teeth of a saw a little sidewise, that they may make a kerf somewhat wider than the thickness of the blade, to prevent friction; -- called also saw-wrest..

Pentathlon :: Pentathlon (n.) A fivefold athletic performance peculiar to the great national games of the Greeks, including leaping, foot racing, wrestling, throwing the discus, and throwing the spear..

Backfall :: Backfall (n.) A fall or throw on the back in wrestling.

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