extort

Significat (Anglès)

Verb

1. (transitive) To take or seize from an unwilling person by physical force, menace, duress, torture, or any undue or illegal exercise of power or ingenuity.
2. (transitive) To obtain by means of the offense of extortion.
3. (intransitive, transitive) To twist outwards.

Adj

extorted; obtained by extortion.

Conceptes

extorsionar

extorquir

arrencar

arrabassar

arruïnar

treure

arrancar

Sinònims

blackmail

squeeze

exact

wring

extract

wrest

force

wring from

shake down

demand

rack

demand money

gouge

fleece

threaten

collect

compel

milk

🥛

misappropriate

oppress

overcharge

pester

pluck

plunder

press

pressurize

promote

pry

pull

racketeer

require

rice

🍚

rob

screw

seduce

seize

shark

🦈

solicit

squeeze out

stiffen

straiten

tauten

tense

tighten

tighten up

tweet

unfix

wring out

take by force

draw forth

Traduccions

estorcere

extorquer

extorsionar

erpressen

extorquir

afdwingen

afpersen

αποσπώ με εκβιασμό

arrancar

knevelen

erzwingen

abpressen

extundo

carpire

abnötigen

Pronunciat com a (IPA)

/ɪkˈstɔː(ɹ)t/

Etimologia (Anglès)

Borrowed from Latin extortus, past participle of extorquere (“to twist or wrench out, to extort”); from ex (“out”) + -tort, from torqueō (“twist, turn”).