v.obtain by seizing forcibly or violently, also metaphorically

"wrest the knife from his hands"; "wrest a meaning from the old text"; "wrest power from the old government"

Stone Age Secrets Wrested from Old Weapon
How School Control Was Wrested from the People
Space Program Needs to Be Wrested from Military
Government Has Wrested Control of Palace Finances from Monarchy
Still Practice, A/Wrested Alphabet: Toward a Feminist Aesthetic
Great success stories: twelve tables of victory wrested from defeat
Citizens Are Restless: Has School Control Been Wrested from the People?.
Calm returns to most of capital of Comoros island wrested from rebels
Crushing Stones in India's Hades;Laborers Paid $2 per Truckload of Gravel Wrested From Pit
Talent, technology, action! DeWitt Stern Group has taken a cache of entertainment business talent wrested away from Marsh and Aon an...