extortion

Meaning

The practice of extorting money or other property by the use of force or threats.

Synonyms

blackmail

exaction

plunder

overcharge

blackmailing

ramp

shakedown

pillage

sponging

holdup

insistence

intimidation

looting

persistent demand

plundering

pressure

racketeering

rapacity

ravishment

robbery

secondment

seizure

squeeze

tax

tension

shake down

bagman

bamboo fence

coercion

collecting

compulsion

depredation

detachment

exploitation

extraction

grab

Translations

extorsion

Erpressung

estorsione

afpersing

extorsió

extorsión

chantage

εκβιασμός

extorsão

chantaje

knevelarij

exacció

exacción

chantage

afzetterij

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ɪkˈstɔːʃən/

Etymology

From Anglo-Norman extorcion, extorcioun, extorsioun, from Late Latin extortiō, from extorqueō.