单词 | extorse |
释义 | † extorsev. Obsolete. Scottish. transitive. To practise extortion upon; hence, to oppress. ΚΠ 1567 Sc. Acts Jas. VI (1814) III. 42 Neyther the saidis customaris be sufferit to extorss the people as thai haue done in tymes past. 1604 W. Alexander Aurora Sonn. lxiv. 13 Too many grieuous plagues my state extorse. 1614 W. Alexander Doomes-day iv. lxxxix. sig. P By men euen dead [as oft aliue] extorc'd, To Auarice, else Crueltie still Slaue. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1894; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < |
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