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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Wring :: Wring (v. t.) To subject to extortion; to afflict, or oppress, in order to enforce compliance..
Extorting :: Extorting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Extor.
Rapacity :: Rapacity (n.) The act or practice of extorting or exacting by oppressive injustice; exorbitant greediness of gain.
Shave :: Shave (v. i.) To use a razor for removing the beard; to cut closely; hence, to be hard and severe in a bargain; to practice extortion; to cheat..
Screw :: Screw (v. t.) Hence: To practice extortion upon; to oppress by unreasonable or extortionate exactions.
Screw :: Screw (n.) An extortioner; a sharp bargainer; a skinflint; a niggard.
Expression :: Expression (n.) The act of expressing; the act of forcing out by pressure; as, the expression of juices or oils; also, of extorting or eliciting; as, a forcible expression of truth..
Extort :: Extort (v. t.) To get by the offense of extortion. See Extortion, 2..
Malversation :: Malversation (n.) Evil conduct; fraudulent practices; misbehavior, corruption, or extortion in office..
Striker :: Strike (n.) The extortion of money, or the attempt to extort money, by threat of injury; blackmailing..
Rack :: Rack (v. t.) To stretch or strain, in a figurative sense; hence, to harass, or oppress by extortion..
Vampire :: Vampire (n.) Fig.: One who lives by preying on others; an extortioner; a bloodsucker.
Extortioner :: Extortioner (n.) One who practices extortion.
Poll :: Poll (v. t.) To extort from; to plunder; to strip.
Exaction :: Exaction (n.) The act of demanding with authority, and compelling to pay or yield; compulsion to give or furnish; a levying by force; a driving to compliance; as, the exaction to tribute or of obedience; hence, extortion..
Extorter :: Extorter (n.) One who practices extortion.
Griper :: Griper (a.) One who gripes; an oppressor; an extortioner.
Vampirism :: Vampirism (n.) Fig.: The practice of extortion.
Extort :: Extort (p. p. & a.) Extorted.
Polling :: Polling (n.) Plunder, or extortion..
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