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† exˈtortor Obs.
Also 7 extortour.
[a. L. extortor, agent-n. f. extorquēre: see extort.]
a. One who extorts; = extorter.
b. One who strains (a law); cf. extort v. 3 b.
1590Swinburne Testaments 243 An importunate begger is compared to an extortor. 1611Speed Hist. Gt. Brit. vi. xiii. §7 A great Enemie he was to Promoters, Pettifoggers, and Extortours of penall lawes. 1614W. B. Philosopher's Banquet (ed. 2) 128 The Extortor thereof dyed by Famine. |