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

Extort :: Extort (v. i.) To practice extortion.

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

Screw :: Screw (n.) An extortioner; a sharp bargainer; a skinflint; a niggard.

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

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..

Expression :: Expression (n.) The act of expressing; the act of forcing out by pressure; as, the expression of juices or oils; also, of extorting or eliciting; as, a forcible expression of truth..

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..

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

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

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..

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

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

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..

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

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

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

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..

Extortious :: Extortious (a.) Extortionate.

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

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