Associations to the word «Extort»
Noun
- Revenge
- Tong
- Calamity
- Insult
- Rape
- Magistrate
- Favor
- Peasant
- Prison
- Means
- Franc
- Jews
- Due
- Suspicion
- Taxation
- Torment
- Landowner
- Fund
- Gratitude
- Chandler
- Conscience
- Creditor
- Allegation
- Theft
- Forgiveness
- Arrest
- Misery
- Fear
- Offender
- Terror
- Bronx
- Lordship
- Foe
- Disposition
- Owner
- Charge
- Boss
- Multitude
- Taking
- Police
- Pledge
- Conviction
- Boyfriend
- Declaration
- Equivalent
- Employer
- Wage
- Custody
- Buchanan
- Lottery
- Treaty
- Pope
- Reverence
- Jail
- Underworld
- Outfit
- Fraud
- Profit
- Protector
- Inclination
- Gift
- Grasp
- Homage
- Weakness
- Consequence
- Labor
- Pardon
- Traveler
- Execution
- Refusal
- Prosecution
- Stealing
- Abuse
Wiktionary
EXTORT, verb. (transitive) 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.
EXTORT, verb. (transitive) (legal) To obtain by means of the offense of extortion.
EXTORT, verb. (transitive and intransitive) (medicine) (ophthalmology) To twist outwards.
Dictionary definition
EXTORT, verb. Obtain through intimidation.
EXTORT, verb. Obtain by coercion or intimidation; "They extorted money from the executive by threatening to reveal his past to the company boss"; "They squeezed money from the owner of the business by threatening him".
EXTORT, verb. Get or cause to become in a difficult or laborious manner.
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