Extort

Quick meaning: Extort is a verb meaning (transitive, law) To obtain by means of the offense of extortion.

Meaning

(transitive, law) To obtain by means of the offense of extortion.

More Meanings

1. (transitive and intransitive, medicine, ophthalmology) To twist outwards.
2. (transitive) To take or seize from an unwilling person by physical force, menace, duress, torture, or any undue or illegal exercise of power or ingenuity.
3. (obsolete) extorted; obtained by extortion.

Example Sentences

to extort a promise

to extort payment of a debt

to extort confessions of guilt

to extort contributions from the vanquished

Word Forms

• extorts
• extorting
• extorted

Synonyms for extort

Depending on context, synonyms include wring, rack, gouge.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include wring, rack, gouge, blackmail, obtain, get.

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