Definition of extort

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Extort (v. i.) To practice extortion.

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Extortionary :: Extortionary (a.) Extortionate.
Exactor :: Exactor (n.) One who exacts or demands by authority or right; hence, an extortioner; also, one unreasonably severe in injunctions or demands..
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..
Harpy :: Harpy (n.) One who is rapacious or ravenous; an extortioner.
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..
Bleed :: Bleed (v. i.) To pay or lose money; to have money drawn or extorted; as, to bleed freely for a cause..
Blackmailer :: Blackmailer (n.) One who extorts, or endeavors to extort, money, by black mailing..
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..
Force :: Force (n.) To impel, drive, wrest, extort, get, etc., by main strength or violence; -- with a following adverb, as along, away, from, into, through, out, etc..
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..
Extortioner :: Extortioner (n.) One who practices extortion.
Ravening :: Ravening (n.) Eagerness for plunder; rapacity; extortion.
Polling :: Polling (n.) Plunder, or extortion..
Blackmailing :: Blackmailing (n.) The act or practice of extorting money by exciting fears of injury other than bodily harm, as injury to reputation..
Vampire :: Vampire (n.) Fig.: One who lives by preying on others; an extortioner; a bloodsucker.
Rapacious :: Rapacious (a.) Avaricious; grasping; extortionate; also, greedy; ravenous; voracious; as, rapacious usurers; a rapacious appetite..
Vampirism :: Vampirism (n.) Fig.: The practice of 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..
Rack :: Rack (v. t.) To stretch or strain, in a figurative sense; hence, to harass, or oppress by extortion..
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