单词 | extortor |
释义 | † extortorn. Obsolete. a. One who extorts; = extorter n. ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > taking > extortion > [noun] > one who wringera1300 askera1325 extortionerc1375 exactor1382 scaffer?a1513 shaver1534 caterpillar1541 bloodsucker?1555 suck-purse1586 griper1587 extortor1590 exacter1596 extorter1605 barathrum1609 wreather1648 shark1713 vampire1741 bleeder1846 flayer1865 extortionist1885 Shylock1894 1590 H. Swinburne Briefe Treat. Test. & Willes vii. f. 243 An importunate begger is compared to an extortor. 1614 W. B. tr. Philosophers Banquet (ed. 2) ii. vi. 128 The Extortor thereof dyed by Famine. b. One who strains (a law); cf. extort v. 3b. ΘΚΠ society > law > jurisprudence > [noun] > interpretation of the law > one who strains law racker1565 extortor1611 1611 J. Speed Hist. Great Brit. vi. xiii. 212/2 A great Enemie he was to Promoters, Pettifoggers, and Extortours of penall lawes. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1894; most recently modified version published online June 2021). < n.1590 |
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