extort | English to English Dictionary

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extort

(/I/k'st/O/rt )

obtain through intimidation(verb.possession)

source: wordnet30
obtain by coercion or intimidation(verb.possession)

Example:
They extorted money from the executive by threatening to reveal his past to the company boss.

Synonym:
gouge, rack, squeeze, wring

source: wordnet30
get or cause to become in a difficult or laborious manner(verb.creation)

Synonym:
wring from

source: wordnet30
To wrest from an unwilling person by physical force, menace, duress, torture, or any undue or illegal exercise of power or ingenuity; to wrench away (from); to tear away; to wring (from); to exact; as, to extort contributions from the vanquished; to extort confessions of guilt; to extort a promise; to extort payment of a debt.(verb)

source: webster1913
To practice extortion.(verb)

source: webster1913

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