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claws

administration, authority, clutches, command, control, digits, disposition, domination, dominion, empery, empire, fangs, fingernails, fingers, governance, government, grasp, grip, gripe, hand, hands, helm, hold, hooks, iron hand, jaws, jurisdiction, mandibles, mastership, mastery, maxillae, meathooks, mitts, nails, nippers, palm, pincers, pounces, power, raj, regnancy, reign, reins of government, rule, sovereignty, sway, talons, teeth, unguals, ungulae

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Retention

N retention, retaining, keep, detention, custody, tenacity, firm hold, grasp, gripe, grip, iron grip, fangs, teeth, claws, talons, nail, unguis, hook, tentacle, tenaculum, bond, clutches, tongs, forceps, pincers, nippers, pliers, vice, paw, hand, finger, wrist, fist, neaf, neif, bird in hand, captive, retaining, retentive, tenacious, unforfeited, undeprived, undisposed, uncommunicated, incommunicable, inalienable, in mortmain, in strict settlement, uti possidetis.

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