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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.

Extortion :: Extortion (n.) That which is extorted or exacted by force.

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

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

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

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

Exaction :: Exaction (n.) The act of demanding with authority, and compelling to pay or yield; compulsion to give or furnish; a levying by force; a driving to compliance; as, the exaction to tribute or of obedience; hence, extortion..

Blackmail :: Blackmail (v. t.) To extort money from by exciting fears of injury other than bodily harm, as injury to reputation, distress of mind, etc.; as, to blackmail a merchant by threatening to expose an alleged fraud..

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

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

Extortionate :: Extortionate (a.) Characterized by extortion; oppressive; hard.

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

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

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

Shave :: Shave (v. i.) To use a razor for removing the beard; to cut closely; hence, to be hard and severe in a bargain; to practice extortion; to cheat..

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

Exactor :: Exactor (n.) One who exacts or demands by authority or right; hence, an extortioner; also, one unreasonably severe in injunctions or demands..

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..

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

Extortious :: Extortious (a.) Extortionate.