extort
Meaning
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- To take or seize from an unwilling person by physical force, menace, duress, torture, or any undue or illegal exercise of power or ingenuity.
- To obtain by means of the offense of extortion.
- To twist outwards.
Synonyms
wring from
demand money
require
take by force
draw forth
sponge off
squeeze for
Frequency
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ɪkˈstɔː(ɹ)t/
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin extortus, past participle of extorquere (“to twist or wrench out, to extort”); from ex (“out”) + -tort, from torqueō (“twist, turn”).
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