Cornering

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Corner \Cor"ner\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Cornered} (-n?rd); p. pr.
     & vb. n. {Cornering}.]
     1. To drive into a corner.
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     2. To drive into a position of great difficulty or hopeless


        embarrassment; as, to corner a person in argument.
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     3. To get command of (a stock, commodity, etc.), so as to be
        able to put one's own price on it; as, to corner the
        shares of a railroad stock; to corner petroleum.
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