Definition of extort

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

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Blackmailing :: Blackmailing (n.) The act or practice of extorting money by exciting fears of injury other than bodily harm, as injury to reputation..
Rack :: Rack (v. t.) To stretch or strain, in a figurative sense; hence, to harass, or oppress by 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..
Outwrest :: Outwrest (v. t.) To extort; to draw from or forth by violence.
Exactor :: Exactor (n.) One who exacts or demands by authority or right; hence, an extortioner; also, one unreasonably severe in injunctions or demands..
Blackmailer :: Blackmailer (n.) One who extorts, or endeavors to extort, money, by black mailing..
Bloodsucker :: Bloodsucker (n.) A hard and exacting master, landlord, or money lender; an extortioner..
Extorting :: Extorting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Extor.
Screw :: Screw (n.) An extortioner; a sharp bargainer; a skinflint; a niggard.
Poler :: Poler (n.) An extortioner. See Poller.
Extorter :: Extorter (n.) One who practices extortion.
Torture :: Torture (n.) Especially, severe pain inflicted judicially, either as punishment for a crime, or for the purpose of extorting a confession from an accused person, as by water or fire, by the boot or thumbkin, or by the rack or wheel..
Extortionary :: Extortionary (a.) Extortionate.
Pollage :: Pollage (n.) A head or poll tax; hence, extortion..
Extortion :: Extortion (n.) That which is extorted or exacted by force.
Polling :: Polling (n.) Plunder, or extortion..
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 (n.) Payment of money exacted by means of intimidation; also, extortion of money from a person by threats of public accusation, exposure, or censure..
Extort :: Extort (p. p. & a.) Extorted.
Extortionate :: Extortionate (a.) Characterized by extortion; oppressive; hard.
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