Word with French or free (5)

I believe the answer is:

press

(Other definitions for press that I've seen before include "Ram" , "Railroad" , "Put creases in" , "Journalists - crowd" , "needed to avoid crooked racket" .)

I've seen this clue in The New York Times.

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