extort
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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”).
wring from
demand money
take by force
draw forth
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