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The Clue

Home security measure (4 letter answer)

The Answer

LIEN

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Notes

The answer LIEN is seen frequently, appearing about once every 70 puzzles.

Related Clues

Attachment
Claim
Encumbrance
Mortgage
Bank claim
Bank holding
Banker's word
Claim on property
Collateral, maybe
Debt satisfier
Debtor's worry
Form of security
Legal attachment
Legal claim
Legal right
Lender's protection
Mortgage, e.g.
Payment guarantee
Property attachment
Property claim
Property encumbrance
Property right
Security interest
Banker's legal action
Certain legal protection
Certain security interest
Legal basis of a repo
Legal claim on property
Possible prelude to foreclosure
It may be on the house
It's put on some houses
Part of a home security system?

Definition

LIEN as a noun:

1. the right to take another's property if an obligation is not discharged
2. (spleen, lien) = a large dark-red oval organ on the left side of the body between the stomach and the diaphragm; produces cells involved in immune responses