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Definition of extort

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Extort (v. t.) 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..

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Express :: Express (a.) To press or squeeze out; as, to express the juice of grapes, or of apples; hence, to extort; to elicit..

Rapacity :: Rapacity (n.) The act or practice of extorting or exacting by oppressive injustice; exorbitant greediness of gain.

Griper :: Griper (a.) One who gripes; an oppressor; an extortioner.

Extort :: Extort (v. t.) 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..

Polling :: Polling (n.) Plunder, or extortion..

Extortion :: Extortion (n.) The act of extorting; the act or practice of wresting anything from a person by force, by threats, or by any undue exercise of power; undue exaction; overcharge..

Blackmail :: Blackmail (v. t.) To extort money from by exciting fears of injury other than bodily harm, as injury to reputation, distress of mind, etc.; as, to blackmail a merchant by threatening to expose an alleged fraud..

Poller :: Poller (n.) One who polls; specifically: (a) One who polls or lops trees. (b) One who polls or cuts hair; a barber. [R.] (c) One who extorts or plunders. [Obs.] Baex. (d) One who registplws votplws, or one who enters his name as a voter..

Screw :: Screw (n.) An extortioner; a sharp bargainer; a skinflint; a niggard.

Poler :: Poler (n.) An extortioner. See Poller.

Extorting :: Extorting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Extor.

Vampirism :: Vampirism (n.) Fig.: The practice of extortion.

Extorted :: Extorted (imp. & p. p.) of Extor.

Extort :: Extort (v. i.) To practice extortion.

Gripeful :: Gripeful (a.) Disposed to gripe; extortionate.

Extorter :: Extorter (n.) One who practices extortion.

Ravening :: Ravening (n.) Eagerness for plunder; rapacity; extortion.

Boot :: Boot (n.) An instrument of torture for the leg, formerly used to extort confessions, particularly in Scotland..

Compel :: Compel (v. t.) To take by force or violence; to seize; to exact; to extort.

Vampire :: Vampire (n.) Fig.: One who lives by preying on others; an extortioner; a bloodsucker.