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1) to take away (an amount or part) (from a bill, wage etc) (deduct)

2) to take away (from the credit, value etc of something) (detract)

3) to make (a person) unable to do something, especially take away the power of using the limbs, or of seeing or hearing (disable)

4) to take away weapons and other means of attack from (a person) (disarm)

5) (to try) to take away the courage or confidence of (a person) (discourage)

6) to take away the right of (a person) to send a representative to parliament or the right to vote for a parliamentary representative (disfranchise)

7) to take away the right to inherit from (a person) (disinherit)

8) to take away (property, especially land) from a person (dispossess)

9) to take away (a person's) attention, concentration etc (distract)

10) to take away (property owned by another person) (expropriate)

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Meaning:
decry

to speak against (something) especially with sarcasm

criticize, blame

incarcerate

to imprison (a person)

put in jail, confinement

intercept

to stop and (usually) get hold of (a person or thing) between the starting-point and destination

head off; interrupt

ransack

to search (a place) untidily and thoroughly

turn inside out in search; ravage

take-away

to take food or drink out of a restaurant to eat at home

put in jail, confinement

toweling

a kind of cloth used for towels

brush, swab

undersell

to sell (goods) at a lower price than competitors

lower, reduce cost

undersold

of undersell

lower, reduce cost

wipe

to clean or dry (something) by rubbing with a cloth, paper, the hands etc

brush, swab

withdraw

to take (something) out or away; to take back (a statement, an offer); (to cause a person, animal, claw etc) to move back or away

remove something or someone from situation

TAKE AWAY as in Wiktionary
TAKE AWAY as in Wikipedia