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1. (v.t.) extort
to obtain from a person by force, threat, or intimidation.
2. extort
to elicit by cunning or persuasiveness.
Etymology: (1375–1425; < L extortus, ptp. of extorquēre to wrench away, extort)
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1. (verb) extort
obtain through intimidation
2. (verb) extort, squeeze, rack, gouge, wring
obtain by coercion or intimidation
"They extorted money from the executive by threatening to reveal his past to the company boss"; "They squeezed money from the owner of the business by threatening him"
3. (verb) extort, wring from
get or cause to become in a difficult or laborious manner
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Webster Dictionary |
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1. extort
extorted
2. (verb) extort
to wrest from an unwilling person by physical force, menace, duress, torture, or any undue or illegal exercise of power or ingenuity; to wrench away (from); to tear away; to wring (from); to exact; as, to extort contributions from the vanquished; to extort confessions of guilt; to extort a promise; to extort payment of a debt
3. (verb) extort
to get by the offense of extortion. See Extortion, 2
4. (verb) extort
to practice extortion
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Sense: to obtain (from a person) by threats or violence
They extorted a confession from him by torture.
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 Afrikaans: afpers |
 Arabic: يَنْتَزِع، يَبْتَز |
 Bulgarian: изтръгвам |
 Brazilian: extorquir |
 Czech: vynutit |
 German: erpressen |
 Danish: afpresse; aftvinge |
 Greek: αποσπώ με τη βία |
 Spanish: conseguir a la fuerza |
 Estonian: välja pressima |
 Farsi: اخاذی کردن؛ به زور گرفتن |
 Finnish: kiristää |
 French: extorquer |
 Hebrew: לִסחוֹט |
 Hindi: छीन लेना |
 Croatian: iznuditi, izvući |
 Hungarian: kicsikar |
 Indonesian: memaksa, memeras |
 Icelandic: þvinga fram, kúga |
 Italian: estorcere |
 Japanese: 強奪する |
 Korean: 강탈하다 |
 Lithuanian: išplėšti, prievarta išgau |
 Latvian: izspiest (naudu, solījumu |
 Malay: memeras |
 Dutch: afpersen |
 Norwegian: tvinge fram, presse ut av |
 Polish: wymuszać |
 Persian: اخاذی کردن؛ به زور گرفتن |
 Pashto: په زور سره نيونه |
 Portuguese: extorquir |
 Romanian: a smulge |
 Russian: вымогать |
 Slovak: vynútiť |
 Slovenian: izsiliti |
 Serbian: iznuditi |
 Swedish: pressa ut, avtvinga |
 Thai: ขู่เข็ญ |
 Turkish: zorla almak |
 Taiwanese: 逼取，勒索 |
 Ukrainian: вимагати, здирати |
 Urdu: زبردستی وصول کرنا |
 Vietnamese: tống tiền |
 Chinese: 逼取，勒索，敲诈 |
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