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Contertionist :: Contertionist (n.) One who makes or practices contortions.

Grimace :: Grimace (n.) A distortion of the countenance, whether habitual, from affectation, or momentary aad occasional, to express some feeling, as contempt, disapprobation, complacency, etc.; a smirk; a made-up face..

Striker :: Strike (n.) The extortion of money, or the attempt to extort money, by threat of injury; blackmailing..

Distortion :: Distortion (n.) The state of being distorted, or twisted out of shape or out of true position; crookedness; perversion..

Griper :: Griper (a.) One who gripes; an oppressor; an extortioner.

Rack :: Rack (v. t.) To stretch or strain, in a figurative sense; hence, to harass, or oppress by extortion..

Wrest :: Wrest (n.) The act of wresting; a wrench; a violent twist; hence, distortion; perversion..

Bloodsucker :: Bloodsucker (n.) A hard and exacting master, landlord, or money lender; an extortioner..

Intortion :: Intortion (n.) See Intorsion.

Pollage :: Pollage (n.) A head or poll tax; hence, extortion..

Vampire :: Vampire (n.) Fig.: One who lives by preying on others; an extortioner; a bloodsucker.

Distortion :: Distortion (n.) The act of distorting, or twisting out of natural or regular shape; a twisting or writhing motion; as, the distortions of the face or body..

Buckle :: Buckle (n.) A distortion bulge, bend, or kink, as in a saw blade or a plate of sheet metal..

Wring :: Wring (v. t.) To subject to extortion; to afflict, or oppress, in order to enforce compliance..

Extortion :: Extortion (n.) The offense committed by an officer who corruptly claims and takes, as his fee, money, or other thing of value, that is not due, or more than is due, or before it is due..

Brace :: Brace (n.) A piece of material used to transmit, or change the direction of, weight or pressure; any one of the pieces, in a frame or truss, which divide the structure into triangular parts. It may act as a tie, or as a strut, and serves to prevent distortion of the structure, and transverse strains in its members. A boiler brace is a diagonal stay, connecting the head with the shell..

Gripeful :: Gripeful (a.) Disposed to gripe; extortionate.

Detorsion :: Detorsion (n.) Same as Detortion.

Extort :: Extort (v. t.) To get by the offense of extortion. See Extortion, 2..

Wringer :: Wringer (n.) One who, or that which, wrings; hence, an extortioner..

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