"we don't want our belongings to be seized by the germans, but we certainly don't want to fall into their clutches ourselves"

which statement best explains the meaning of the boldface term?

a) the denotation is "fairly"; the connotation is "illegal means".

b) the denotation is "unjustly"; the connotation is "taken by legal means".

c) the denotation is "taken by legal means"; the connotation is "unjustly".

d) the denotation is "taken by illegal means"; the connotation is "fairly".