Meaning of EXTORT
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- [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
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| | Synonyms: | | gouge, rack, wring, wring from |
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| | See Also: | | blackmail, bleed, fleece, gazump, hook, obtain, overcharge, pluck, plume, prise, pry, rob, soak, surcharge, take | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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\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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