| 单词 | extort exactions |
| 释义 | > as lemmasextort exactions 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 < as lemmas |
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