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

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

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

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

Poller :: Poller (n.) One who polls; specifically: (a) One who polls or lops trees. (b) One who polls or cuts hair; a barber. [R.] (c) One who extorts or plunders. [Obs.] Baex. (d) One who registplws votplws, or one who enters his name as a voter..

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..

Vampirism :: Vampirism (n.) Fig.: The practice of extortion.

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

Vampire :: Vampire (n.) Fig.: One who lives by preying on others; an extortioner; a bloodsucker.

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

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..

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

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

Extortionary :: Extortionary (a.) Extortionate.

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..

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

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

Rapacious :: Rapacious (a.) Avaricious; grasping; extortionate; also, greedy; ravenous; voracious; as, rapacious usurers; a rapacious appetite..

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

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

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