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Definition of extort

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Extort (v. t.) 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..

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Harpy :: Harpy (n.) One who is rapacious or ravenous; an extortioner.

Malversation :: Malversation (n.) Evil conduct; fraudulent practices; misbehavior, corruption, or extortion in office..

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

Blackmailing :: Blackmailing (n.) The act or practice of extorting money by exciting fears of injury other than bodily harm, as injury to reputation..

Wrest :: Wrest (v. t.) To turn; to twist; esp., to twist or extort by violence; to pull of force away by, or as if by, violent wringing or twisting..

Outwrest :: Outwrest (v. t.) To extort; to draw from or forth by violence.

Express :: Express (a.) To press or squeeze out; as, to express the juice of grapes, or of apples; hence, to extort; to elicit..

Blackmail :: Blackmail (n.) Payment of money exacted by means of intimidation; also, extortion of money from a person by threats of public accusation, exposure, or censure..

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

Extort :: Extort (p. p. & a.) Extorted.

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

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

Polling :: Polling (n.) Plunder, or extortion..

Rapacious :: Rapacious (a.) Avaricious; grasping; extortionate; also, greedy; ravenous; voracious; as, rapacious usurers; a rapacious appetite..

Boot :: Boot (n.) An instrument of torture for the leg, formerly used to extort confessions, particularly in Scotland..

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

Screw :: Screw (v. t.) Hence: To practice extortion upon; to oppress by unreasonable or extortionate exactions.

Poler :: Poler (n.) An extortioner. See Poller.

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

Rapacity :: Rapacity (n.) The act or practice of extorting or exacting by oppressive injustice; exorbitant greediness of gain.