extortv.

Brit.

/ᵻkˈstɔːt/,

/ɛkˈstɔːt/, U.S.

/ɪkˈstɔrt/,

/ɛkˈstɔrt/

Forms: Also 1500s extorte.

Etymology: < Latin extort- participial stem of extorquēre, < ex- out + torquēre to twist.

literally, To wrest or wring (something) from a person; to extract by torture.

1. transitive. To obtain from a reluctant person by violence, torture, intimidation, or abuse of legal or official authority, or (in weaker sense) by importunity, overwhelming arguments, or any powerful influence. Const. of, from, out of, †upon.

a. with object money, payments, etc. Also absol. to practise extortion.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > possession > taking > extortion > practise extortion [verb (intransitive)]

extortion1502

poll1521

shave1528

extort1529

to shark on or upona1596

the mind > possession > taking > seizing > seize [verb (transitive)] > with violence or forcibly

reaveeOE

latchc950

seize1338

rape?1387

wrestc1426

extort1529

redeema1578

wreathe1590

force1602

extend1610

wrencha1616

the mind > possession > taking > extortion > practise extortion on [verb (transitive)] > extort

wringa1300

bribec1405

compela1500

extort1529

poll1559

wrest1565

scruze1590

rack1591

strain1600

squeeze1602

extorque1623

squeeze1639

screw1648

sponge1686

pinch1770

strike1894

1529 Articles against Wolsey in R. Fiddes Life Wolsey (1724) Collect. 218 Not for good Order of the Diocess, but to extort Treasure.

?1553–77 Life Fisher (Harl. 6382) (1921) 141 Lykwise for diuers bribes extorted vpon manie of his subiects.

1585 Abp. E. Sandys Serm. xiv. 255 He went..not to poll, and pill; to extort and wring out of the people what he could: but..to doe good.

a1616 W. Shakespeare Cymbeline (1623) iii. i. 47 The..Romans, did extort This Tribute from vs.

1624 J. Smith Gen. Hist. Virginia (1629) 120 They would hold it worse than sacrilege to..extort upon the common souldier a penny.

1717 Lady M. W. Montagu Let. 1 Apr. (1965) I. 316 The villages [are] so poor that only force could extort from them necessary provisions.

1820 M. R. Mitford in A. G. L'Estrange Life M. R. Mitford (1870) II. iv. 87 Taxes..are only extorted by threatening notices.

1883 Law Rep.: Queen's Bench Div. 11 577 That the lord of a manor may ask for as much as he thinks that he can extort from the copyhold tenant.

absolute.c1592 C. Marlowe Jew of Malta ii. ii With extorting, cozening [etc.]..I fill'd the jails with bankrouts in a year.1598 R. Barckley Disc. Felicitie of Man ii. 124 Bribing and extorting vpon his subiectes.1764 O. Goldsmith Hist. Eng. in Lett. (1772) I. 104 He extorted from the Jews..without any remorse.1827 T. Hood Death's Ramble ix He knew that sort of man would extort, Though summon'd to all eternity.1855 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. IV. 363 The rapacious governor had daily opportunities of embezzling and extorting.

b. with immaterial object, actions, utterances, manifestation of feeling, concessions, acknowledgements, promises, etc. Said both of persons and of circumstances or influences.

ΘΚΠ

society > authority > subjection > obedience > compulsion > compel [verb (transitive)] > draw out or gain by compulsion or force

wringc1444

throwa1500

extort?1545

express1547

wrest1565

evict1567

extract1599

squeeze1602

screw1622

evince1631

grind1790

force1817

slug1974

?1545 J. Bale 2nd Pt. Image Both Churches ii. sig. Rviii^v Confession in the eare was cruellye extorted of Christen peple vnder peyne of deathe.

1570 J. Foxe Actes & Monumentes (rev. ed.) I. 7/2 Moreouer [they] haue extorted into their owne handes the plenarie fulnes of power.

1659 H. Hammond Paraphr. & Annot. Psalms (vi. 6 Paraphr.) 36 My agonies extort..tears from me.

1662 E. Stillingfleet Origines Sacræ iii. i. §15 Neither can hee deserve the name of a man, from whom the observation of the courses of the stars..does not extort gratitude.

1665 J. Glanvill Scepsis Scientifica iv. 13 The extorting a Confession of that Ignorance.

1732 G. Berkeley Alciphron I. i. xiv. 55 Concessions, which the force of Truth seems to have extorted from you.

c1750 W. Shenstone Ruin'd Abbey 175 No solemn bell extort a neighbour's tear.

1771 ‘Junius’ Stat Nominis Umbra (1772) II. liv. 236 These praises are extorted from me.

1817 J. Mill Hist. Brit. India II. v. iv. 443 A situation which extorted the compassion of Englishmen.

1863 H. Cox Inst. Eng. Govt. i. vii. 80 The barons extorted from the King power to elect twelve ordainers.

c. In literal sense: To wrest (a material object) from. rare.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > possession > loss > taking away > take away [verb (transitive)] > forcibly or suddenly

reaveOE

bereavec1320

atreachc1325

ravisha1398

reach?a1400

to catch awayc1400

rendc1450

ravena1513

pull1530

despoila1533

snatch1597

reap1634

extort1785

to pounce away1821

erept1865

1785 W. Cowper Task v. 189 Nations would do well To extort their truncheons from the puny hands Of heroes.

2. To extract forcibly, ‘wring’ (a sense or conclusion) from (a passage, premises, etc.).

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > intelligibility > misinterpretation > distortion or perversion of meaning > pervert or distort [verb (transitive)] > by extraction

stamp1581

extorta1616

a1616 W. Shakespeare Twelfth Night (1623) iii. i. 151 Do not extort thy reasons from this clause.

1659 J. Milton Considerations touching Hirelings 31 From this example they never will be able to extort that the people in those dayes paid tithes to priests.

1894 N.E.D. at Extort Mod. How can you extort any other meaning from the passage?

†3.

a. To practise extortion on (a person); in quot. 1561 with allusion to literal sense ‘to rack’. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > possession > taking > extortion > practise extortion on [verb (transitive)]

ransom?a1425

to poll and pill1528

exact1534

bloodsuck?1541

extort1561

rack1576

flay1584

shave1606

wire-draw1616

punisha1626

sponge1631

squeeze1639

screwa1643

to screw up1655

bleed1680

torture1687

to screw down1725

to shake down1872

to squeeze (someone) until the pips squeak1918

to bleed white1935

rent1956

1561 Newe Enterlude Script. Queene Hester sig. Eiij The commons he extorteth tyll they bee lame.

1612 J. Davies Discouerie Causes Ireland 276 They did extort & oppresse the people.

1616 J. Lane Contin. Squire's Tale xi. 360 Captives..to Greece transported, sold, and by these badd mistresses extorted.

b. To ‘torture’, strain (a law). Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

society > law > jurisprudence > jurisprudence [verb (transitive)] > strain the law

rack1557

extort1681

1681 J. Crowne Henry VI i. ii. 14 We may extort the Law..to punish beyond bounds of Law.

Derivatives

exˈtorting n. and adj.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > possession > taking > extortion > [adjective]

writhinga1529

torcenous1532

bloodsucking1548

racking1576

exacting1583

extorting1598

extortious1607

sharking1608

wringing1620

exactious1630

extortionizing1630

extortionable1632

extortioninga1641

extortionous1644

extortive1646

screwing1647

extracting1654

hirudinous1654

rack-renting1779

extortionate1789

extortionary1805

the mind > possession > taking > extortion > [noun]

extortionc1340

askingc1400

extort power1492

exactiona1513

bribing1533

extort1541

pollage?1542

bloodsucking1548

scaffery1555

eviction1560

wringing1589

wresting1611

screwing1680

squeezing1681

extortinga1711

wringing1730

over-pull1867

Rachmanism1963

Rachmanship1963

1598 J. Marston Scourge of Villanie ii. v. sig. E4 Though he laid forth all his stock & store Vpon some office..he will trebble it..by his extorting wit.

1641 Tapsters Downfall 7 Not branded with the extorting seale of avarice.

a1711 T. Ken Hymns for Festivals in Wks. (1721) I. 379 Matthew..set in his extorting stall.

1715 R. Nelson Addr. Persons of Quality 195 The many extorting Acts, which are practised in those Houses of Bondage.

1771 O. Goldsmith Hist. Eng. III. 64 She took several very extorting methods by loans.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1894; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	extort
释义	† extortn. Etymology: < extort v. Obsolete. The action of extort v.; extortion, torture. ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > taking > extortion > [noun] extortionc1340 askingc1400 extort power1492 exactiona1513 bribing1533 extort1541 pollage?1542 bloodsucking1548 scaffery1555 eviction1560 wringing1589 wresting1611 screwing1680 squeezing1681 extortinga1711 wringing1730 over-pull1867 Rachmanism1963 Rachmanship1963 society > authority > punishment > torture > [noun] tintreghc893 tormentc1290 tormentry1375 tormentisec1405 extort1541 torture1551 discruciament1593 discruciation1597 supplice1646 carnifice1657 1541 Schole House of Women sig. C ^v They meane it, another waye And saye she is, mannes vtter extorte. 1556 J. Heywood Spider & Flie lxxxviii. 165 Ye are sure..to get ought by your extort, Or get or kepe ought. 1598 Bp. J. Hall Virgidemiarum: 3 Last Bks. iv. v. 42 Albee such mayne extort scorns to be pent, in the clay walles of thatched Tenement. [But possibly ‘mayne extort’ = extort power: see extort adj.] This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1894; most recently modified version published online March 2021). † extortadj. Forms: Also Middle English–1500s extorte. Etymology: < Latin extortus, past participle of extorquēre : see extort v. Obsolete. a. Extorted, wrongfully obtained (rarely as past participle). ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > acquisition > [adjective] > obtained or acquired > by evil means wrong-gotten1388 evil winc1425 extort1430 misgottena1450 evil-gotten1539 ill-gottena1555 misbegotten1591 ill-gota1616 1430 J. Lydgate tr. Hist. Troy v. xxxvi By extorte tytle false successyon. 1596 E. Spenser Second Pt. Faerie Queene v. x. sig. V7^v A Citie..By force extort out of her hand, By her strong foe. View more context for this quotation b. esp. in extort power; whence a sense = ‘extortionate’ (in extort exactions). ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > taking > extortion > [noun] extortionc1340 askingc1400 extort power1492 exactiona1513 bribing1533 extort1541 pollage?1542 bloodsucking1548 scaffery1555 eviction1560 wringing1589 wresting1611 screwing1680 squeezing1681 extortinga1711 wringing1730 over-pull1867 Rachmanism1963 Rachmanship1963 1492 in T. Stapleton Plumpton Corr. (1839) 264 Intendinge..to keepe the same [land] by extort power contrary to the law. 1540 Act 32 Hen. VIII c. 24 The extorte exactions of innumerable summes of monei. 1596 E. Spenser Second Pt. Faerie Queene v. ii. sig. N3 Hauing great Lordships got and goodly farmes, Through strong oppression of his powre extort . View more context for this quotation This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1894; most recently modified version published online March 2021). extortv. Brit. /ᵻkˈstɔːt/, /ɛkˈstɔːt/, U.S. /ɪkˈstɔrt/, /ɛkˈstɔrt/ Forms: Also 1500s extorte. Etymology: < Latin extort- participial stem of extorquēre, < ex- out + torquēre to twist. literally, To wrest or wring (something) from a person; to extract by torture. 1. transitive. To obtain from a reluctant person by violence, torture, intimidation, or abuse of legal or official authority, or (in weaker sense) by importunity, overwhelming arguments, or any powerful influence. Const. of, from, out of, †upon. a. with object money, payments, etc. Also absol. to practise extortion. ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > taking > extortion > practise extortion [verb (intransitive)] extortion1502 poll1521 shave1528 extort1529 to shark on or upona1596 the mind > possession > taking > seizing > seize [verb (transitive)] > with violence or forcibly reaveeOE latchc950 seize1338 rape?1387 wrestc1426 extort1529 redeema1578 wreathe1590 force1602 extend1610 wrencha1616 the mind > possession > taking > extortion > practise extortion on [verb (transitive)] > extort wringa1300 bribec1405 compela1500 extort1529 poll1559 wrest1565 scruze1590 rack1591 strain1600 squeeze1602 extorque1623 squeeze1639 screw1648 sponge1686 pinch1770 strike1894 1529 Articles against Wolsey in R. Fiddes Life Wolsey (1724) Collect. 218 Not for good Order of the Diocess, but to extort Treasure. ?1553–77 Life Fisher (Harl. 6382) (1921) 141 Lykwise for diuers bribes extorted vpon manie of his subiects. 1585 Abp. E. Sandys Serm. xiv. 255 He went..not to poll, and pill; to extort and wring out of the people what he could: but..to doe good. a1616 W. Shakespeare Cymbeline (1623) iii. i. 47 The..Romans, did extort This Tribute from vs. View more context for this quotation 1624 J. Smith Gen. Hist. Virginia (1629) 120 They would hold it worse than sacrilege to..extort upon the common souldier a penny. 1717 Lady M. W. Montagu Let. 1 Apr. (1965) I. 316 The villages [are] so poor that only force could extort from them necessary provisions. 1820 M. R. Mitford in A. G. L'Estrange Life M. R. Mitford (1870) II. iv. 87 Taxes..are only extorted by threatening notices. 1883 Law Rep.: Queen's Bench Div. 11 577 That the lord of a manor may ask for as much as he thinks that he can extort from the copyhold tenant. absolute.c1592 C. Marlowe Jew of Malta ii. ii With extorting, cozening [etc.]..I fill'd the jails with bankrouts in a year.1598 R. Barckley Disc. Felicitie of Man ii. 124 Bribing and extorting vpon his subiectes.1764 O. Goldsmith Hist. Eng. in Lett. (1772) I. 104 He extorted from the Jews..without any remorse.1827 T. Hood Death's Ramble ix He knew that sort of man would extort, Though summon'd to all eternity.1855 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. IV. 363 The rapacious governor had daily opportunities of embezzling and extorting. b. with immaterial object, actions, utterances, manifestation of feeling, concessions, acknowledgements, promises, etc. Said both of persons and of circumstances or influences. ΘΚΠ society > authority > subjection > obedience > compulsion > compel [verb (transitive)] > draw out or gain by compulsion or force wringc1444 throwa1500 extort?1545 express1547 wrest1565 evict1567 extract1599 squeeze1602 screw1622 evince1631 grind1790 force1817 slug1974 ?1545 J. Bale 2nd Pt. Image Both Churches ii. sig. Rviii^v Confession in the eare was cruellye extorted of Christen peple vnder peyne of deathe. 1570 J. Foxe Actes & Monumentes (rev. ed.) I. 7/2 Moreouer [they] haue extorted into their owne handes the plenarie fulnes of power. 1659 H. Hammond Paraphr. & Annot. Psalms (vi. 6 Paraphr.) 36 My agonies extort..tears from me. 1662 E. Stillingfleet Origines Sacræ iii. i. §15 Neither can hee deserve the name of a man, from whom the observation of the courses of the stars..does not extort gratitude. 1665 J. Glanvill Scepsis Scientifica iv. 13 The extorting a Confession of that Ignorance. 1732 G. Berkeley Alciphron I. i. xiv. 55 Concessions, which the force of Truth seems to have extorted from you. c1750 W. Shenstone Ruin'd Abbey 175 No solemn bell extort a neighbour's tear. 1771 ‘Junius’ Stat Nominis Umbra (1772) II. liv. 236 These praises are extorted from me. 1817 J. Mill Hist. Brit. India II. v. iv. 443 A situation which extorted the compassion of Englishmen. 1863 H. Cox Inst. Eng. Govt. i. vii. 80 The barons extorted from the King power to elect twelve ordainers. c. In literal sense: To wrest (a material object) from. rare. ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > loss > taking away > take away [verb (transitive)] > forcibly or suddenly reaveOE bereavec1320 atreachc1325 ravisha1398 reach?a1400 to catch awayc1400 rendc1450 ravena1513 pull1530 despoila1533 snatch1597 reap1634 extort1785 to pounce away1821 erept1865 1785 W. Cowper Task v. 189 Nations would do well To extort their truncheons from the puny hands Of heroes. 2. To extract forcibly, ‘wring’ (a sense or conclusion) from (a passage, premises, etc.). ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > intelligibility > misinterpretation > distortion or perversion of meaning > pervert or distort [verb (transitive)] > by extraction stamp1581 extorta1616 a1616 W. Shakespeare Twelfth Night (1623) iii. i. 151 Do not extort thy reasons from this clause. View more context for this quotation 1659 J. Milton Considerations touching Hirelings 31 From this example they never will be able to extort that the people in those dayes paid tithes to priests. 1894 N.E.D. at Extort Mod. How can you extort any other meaning from the passage? †3. a. To practise extortion on (a person); in quot. 1561 with allusion to literal sense ‘to rack’. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > taking > extortion > practise extortion on [verb (transitive)] ransom?a1425 to poll and pill1528 exact1534 bloodsuck?1541 extort1561 rack1576 flay1584 shave1606 wire-draw1616 punisha1626 sponge1631 squeeze1639 screwa1643 to screw up1655 bleed1680 torture1687 to screw down1725 to shake down1872 to squeeze (someone) until the pips squeak1918 to bleed white1935 rent1956 1561 Newe Enterlude Script. Queene Hester sig. Eiij The commons he extorteth tyll they bee lame. 1612 J. Davies Discouerie Causes Ireland 276 They did extort & oppresse the people. 1616 J. Lane Contin. Squire's Tale xi. 360 Captives..to Greece transported, sold, and by these badd mistresses extorted. b. To ‘torture’, strain (a law). Obsolete. ΘΚΠ society > law > jurisprudence > jurisprudence [verb (transitive)] > strain the law rack1557 extort1681 1681 J. Crowne Henry VI i. ii. 14 We may extort the Law..to punish beyond bounds of Law. Derivatives exˈtorting n. and adj. ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > taking > extortion > [adjective] writhinga1529 torcenous1532 bloodsucking1548 racking1576 exacting1583 extorting1598 extortious1607 sharking1608 wringing1620 exactious1630 extortionizing1630 extortionable1632 extortioninga1641 extortionous1644 extortive1646 screwing1647 extracting1654 hirudinous1654 rack-renting1779 extortionate1789 extortionary1805 the mind > possession > taking > extortion > [noun] extortionc1340 askingc1400 extort power1492 exactiona1513 bribing1533 extort1541 pollage?1542 bloodsucking1548 scaffery1555 eviction1560 wringing1589 wresting1611 screwing1680 squeezing1681 extortinga1711 wringing1730 over-pull1867 Rachmanism1963 Rachmanship1963 1598 J. Marston Scourge of Villanie ii. v. sig. E4 Though he laid forth all his stock & store Vpon some office..he will trebble it..by his extorting wit. 1641 Tapsters Downfall 7 Not branded with the extorting seale of avarice. a1711 T. Ken Hymns for Festivals in Wks. (1721) I. 379 Matthew..set in his extorting stall. 1715 R. Nelson Addr. Persons of Quality 195 The many extorting Acts, which are practised in those Houses of Bondage. 1771 O. Goldsmith Hist. Eng. III. 64 She took several very extorting methods by loans. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1894; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1541adj.1430v.1529
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† extortn.

† extortadj.

extortv.

Derivatives