estorcere

Meaning

  1. (transitive) to extort (something) (from someone)
  2. (transitive) to extract (e.g. confession) through violence

Frequency

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Hyphenated as
e‧stòr‧ce‧re
Pronounced as (IPA)
/esˈtɔr.t͡ʃe.re/
Etymology

Borrowed from Latin extorquēre but remodelled after the native storcere (< V. Latin *extorcĕre).

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