extort

Meaning

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.

Synonyms

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

Translations

estorcere

extorquer

extorsionar

erpressen

extorquir

afdwingen

afpersen

arrancar

αποσπώ με εκβιασμό

extorsionar

extorquir

knevelen

erzwingen

extundo

carpire

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”).