Question

"We don't want our belongings to be seized by the Germans, but we certainly don't want to fall into their clutches ourselves."

Which best explains the meaning of the boldfaced term?



The denotation is "unjustly"; the connotation is "taken by legal means."

The denotation is "taken by legal means"; the connotation is "unjustly."

The denotation is "taken by illegal means"; the connotation is "fairly."

The denotation is "fairly"; the connotation is "illegal means."

Answer 1

The denotation is "taken by legal means"; the connotation is "unjustly."

Answer 2

Answer:

C

Explanation:

"We don't want our belongings to be seized by the Germans, but we certainly don't want to fall into their clutches ourselves."

The word is seized and that is taken legally. Then take  a synonym, for example, clutched. and get its meaning, "an often cruel or unrelenting control, power, or possession the fell clutch of circumstance", or unfairly. So

The denotation is "taken by legal means"; the connotation is "unjustly."

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