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1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006) |
extort
v 1: obtain through intimidation
2: 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" [syn: extort, squeeze,
rack, gouge, wring]
3: get or cause to become in a difficult or laborious manner
[syn: extort, wring from]
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2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 |
Extort \Ex*tort"\, v. i.
To practice extortion. [Obs.] --Spenser.
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3. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 |
Extort \Ex*tort"\, p. p. & a. [L. extortus. p. p.]
Extorted. [Obs.] --Spenser.
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4. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 |
Extort \Ex*tort"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Extorted; p. pr. & vb.
n. Extorting.] [L. extortus, p. p. of extorquere to twist
or wrench out, to extort; ex out + torquere to turn about,
twist. See Torsion.]
1. 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.
[1913 Webster]
2. (Law) To get by the offense of extortion. See Extortion,
2.
[1913 Webster]
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Thesaurus Results for Extort:
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1. Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 |
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Common Misspellings > |
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