Can not completely empty trash

Do I hold down an additional special key to make the trash can empty?  Two items bring up a message: The operation can't be completed because the <screen shot> is in use.  But it's not! or they're not!

Have you tried holding down the Command(⌘) key when clicking on the Trash bin to get the secure empty option?
That does it for me.
Or reboot and try again.

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