About The Word Extort
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Extort
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What's The Definition Of Extort?
[v] get or cause to become in a difficult or laborious manner
[v] obtain by coercion or intimidation; "They extorted money from the executive by threatening to reveal his past to the company boss" [v] obtain through intimidation Synonyms | Synonyms for Extort: gouge | rack | wring | wring from Related Terms | Find terms related to Extort: abstract | and | annex | appropriate | ask | ask for | badger | bag | blackmail | bleed | boost | borrow | bully | call for | challenge | cheat | claim | clamor for | coerce | cop | crib | cry for | defraud | demand | embezzle | exact | extract | filch | fleece | force | force from | get | gouge | hook | impose | indent | issue an ultimatum | levy | levy blackmail | lift | make a demand | make off with | milk | nip | obtain | order | order up | palm | pilfer | pinch | place an order | poach | pry loose from | purloin | put in requisition | rend | rend from | require | requisition | rip | rip from | run away with | rustle | screw | scrounge | secure | shake down | shoplift | skin | snare | snatch | snatch from | snitch | squeeze | steal | swindle | swipe | take | tear from | thieve | walk off with | warn | wrench | wrench from | wrest | wring | wring from See Also | blackmail | bleed | fleece | gazump | hook | obtain | overcharge | pluck | plume | prise | pry | rob | soak | surcharge | take Extort In Webster's Dictionary \Ex*tort"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Extorted}; p. pr. & vb.
n. {Extorting}.] [L. extortus, p. p. of extorquere to twist
or wrench out, to extort; ex out + torquere to turn about,
twist. See {Torsion}.]
1. 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.
2. (Law) To get by the offense of extortion. See {Extortion},
2.
\Ex*tort"\, v. i. To practice extortion. [Obs.] --Spenser. \Ex*tort"\, p. p. & a. [L. extortus. p. p.] Extorted. [Obs.] --Spenser. |
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