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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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Compel :: Compel (v. t.) To take by force or violence; to seize; to exact; to extort.

Writhe :: Writhe (v. t.) To extort; to wring; to wrest.

Blackmailer :: Blackmailer (n.) One who extorts, or endeavors to extort, money, by black mailing..

Ravening :: Ravening (n.) Eagerness for plunder; rapacity; extortion.

Extortion :: Extortion (n.) The act of extorting; the act or practice of wresting anything from a person by force, by threats, or by any undue exercise of power; undue exaction; overcharge..

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..

Extorting :: Extorting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Extor.

Extortious :: Extortious (a.) Extortionate.

Bleed :: Bleed (v. i.) To pay or lose money; to have money drawn or extorted; as, to bleed freely for a cause..

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

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

Extort :: 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..

Poll :: Poll (v. t.) To extort from; to plunder; to strip.

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

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

Rack :: Rack (a.) That which is extorted; exaction.

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

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

Extortioner :: Extortioner (n.) One who practices extortion.

Bribery :: Bribery (n.) Robbery; extortion.