Definition of extort

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Extort (p. p. & a.) Extorted.

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Rack :: Rack (a.) That which is extorted; exaction.
Extorsive :: Extorsive (a.) Serving or tending to extort.
Gripeful :: Gripeful (a.) Disposed to gripe; extortionate.
Rapacity :: Rapacity (n.) The act or practice of extorting or exacting by oppressive injustice; exorbitant greediness of gain.
Harpy :: Harpy (n.) One who is rapacious or ravenous; an extortioner.
Wring :: Wring (v. t.) To extract or obtain by twisting and compressing; to squeeze or press (out); hence, to extort; to draw forth by violence, or against resistance or repugnance; -- usually with out or form..
Rack :: Rack (v. t.) To stretch or strain, in a figurative sense; hence, to harass, or oppress by extortion..
Bloodsucker :: Bloodsucker (n.) A hard and exacting master, landlord, or money lender; an extortioner..
Extorting :: Extorting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Extor.
Extortioner :: Extortioner (n.) One who practices extortion.
Ravening :: Ravening (n.) Eagerness for plunder; rapacity; extortion.
Extortious :: Extortious (a.) Extortionate.
Extortionate :: Extortionate (a.) Characterized by extortion; oppressive; hard.
Bleed :: Bleed (v. i.) To pay or lose money; to have money drawn or extorted; as, to bleed freely for a cause..
Extortionary :: Extortionary (a.) Extortionate.
Wring :: Wring (v. t.) To subject to extortion; to afflict, or oppress, in order to enforce compliance..
Wringer :: Wringer (n.) One who, or that which, wrings; hence, an extortioner..
Striker :: Strike (n.) The extortion of money, or the attempt to extort money, by threat of injury; blackmailing..
Exactor :: Exactor (n.) One who exacts or demands by authority or right; hence, an extortioner; also, one unreasonably severe in injunctions or demands..
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..
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