Words similar to yank

Example sentences for: yank

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The arguments con: 1) The good parents will yank their kids out of bad schools, making these schools worse and leaving kids with indifferent or helpless parents trapped in them.
Two years later, the men who went home are informed of what happened after they boarded the plane: Police discovered their leftover hashish (purchased for a ridiculously low sum in American dollars and tossed into the garbage as they were leaving) and imprisoned the remaining Yank.
As in a real family, some characters struggle for ascendance, while one or two Prospero figures believe they can yank the others around.
But then he pulls this: trying to yank a museum's funding because he doesn't like a picture that's going to be hung on the wall.
During public events, it is perfectly acceptable for Secret Service agents to approach crowd members and yank their hands out of their pockets to confirm they are not hiding weapons.