something that acts like a tentacle in its ability to grasp and hold;
caught in the tentacles of organized crime
tentacle (n.)
any of various elongated tactile or prehensile flexible organs that occur on the head or near the mouth in many animals; used for feeling or grasping or locomotion;
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