Definitions for extort
ɪkˈstɔrtex·tort

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. extortverb

   obtain through intimidation

2. extort, squeeze, rack, gouge, wringverb

   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. extort, wring fromverb

   get or cause to become in a difficult or laborious manner

WiktionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. extortverb

   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.

2. extortverb

   To obtain by means of the offense of extortion.

3. Etymology: From extortus, past participle of extorquere; from ex + -tort, from torqueo.

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. To EXTORTverb

   Etymology: extorqueo, extortus, Latin.

   1. To draw by force; to force away; to wrest; to wring from one.

   ’Till the injurious Roman did extort
   This tribute from us, we were free. William Shakespeare, Cymbeline.

   Newness
   Of Cloten’s death may drive us to a render,
   Where we have liv’d; and so extort from us
   That which we’ve done. William Shakespeare, Cymbeline.

   That glory never shall his wrath or might
   Extort from me, to bow and sue for grace
   With suppliant knee, and deify his pow’r. John Milton, Par. Lost.

   I remember well the impious oath,
   Hardly extorted from my trembling youth. Nicholas Rowe.

   My earnest desires, not any doubts of your goodness, but my real concern for your welfare, extort this from me. William Wake.

   2. To gain by violence or oppression.

   His tail was stretch’d out in wond’rous length,
   That to the house of heav’nly gods it raught,
   And with extorted power and borrow’d strength,
   The ever-burning lamps from thence it brought. Edmund Spenser.

   Are my chests fill’d up with extorted gold? William Shakespeare, H. VI.

2. To Extortverb

   To practise oppression and violence. Now disused.

   To whom they never gave any penny of entertainment, but let them feed upon the countries, and extort upon all men where they come. Edmund Spenser, on Ireland.

   Before they did extort and oppress the people only by colour of a lewd custom, they did afterwards use the same extortions by warrant. John Davies, on Ireland.

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1. extort

   Extort is a verb that refers to the act of obtaining something, often money or valuable information, through force, threats, or other unfair or illegal means. It generally involves manipulation or coercion and is typically used in a legal context.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Extortverb

   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

2. Extortverb

   to get by the offense of extortion. See Extortion, 2

3. Extortverb

   to practice extortion

4. Extort

   extorted

5. Etymology: [L. extortus. p. p.]

Chambers 20th Century DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Extort

   eks-tort′, v.t. to gain or draw from by compulsion or violence.—p.adj. wrongfully obtained.—adj. Extors′ive, serving or tending to extort.—adv. Extors′ively.—n. Extor′tion, illegal or oppressive exaction: that which is extorted.—adjs. Extor′tionary, pertaining to or implying extortion; Extor′tionāte, oppressive.—ns. Extor′tioner, one who practises extortion; Extor′tionist.—adj. Extor′tionous. [L. extorquēre, extortum—ex, out, torquēre, to twist.]

Matched Categories

1. • Crime
   • Obtain
   • Take

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of extort in Chaldean Numerology is: 9

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of extort in Pythagorean Numerology is: 3

Examples of extort in a Sentence

1. Scott Perry:

   How we got into this, in my opinion, is twofold, it's our energy policy in the United States. When we pull the United States offline of producing the energy that the world needs, it opens it up for other actors who use it to extort their neighbors, and Vladimir Putin is one of them.

2. Bryan Freedman:

   Yet more lies from the same disturbed individual who has been stalking and menacing Wes, his family and his friends for years, as is well known, this person tried to extort Wes for millions of dollars and, after he refused to pay her a penny, launched an unceasing campaign of harassment against my client.

3. Eric Olson:

   So it makes use harder to reach out and gain the trust of those communities. are they a bad group of people who extort? Who murder? Yes.

4. Mike Pompeo:

   Once again the Iranian regime is using its nuclear program to extort the international community and threaten regional security.

5. Geoff Porter:

   The Islamic State in Libya doesn't have comparable revenue streams – no oil sales, no sizeable population to tax and extort, in Libya, there is a superabundance of armed groups. For the most part they are busy fighting each other, but they could potentially be harnessed to eliminate Islamic State.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=extort
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Extort
3. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=extort
4. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
5. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/extort
6. ^ Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/37683/37683-h/37683-h.htm#:~:text=extort