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Wrest power from (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

usurp

(Other definitions for usurp that I've seen before include "Seize power without authority" , "Appropriate without authority" , "Supplant (someone in power)" , "Seize, take over" , "Assume by force" .)

I've seen this clue in The Sun.
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