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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Corner \Cor"ner\, verb (used with an object) [imp. & p. p. {Cornered} (-n?rd); p. pr. & vb. n. {Cornering}.]
1. To drive into a corner.
2. To drive into a position of great difficulty or hopeless embarrassment; as, to corner a person in argument.
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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