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/ ɪkˈstɔrt / PHONETIC RESPELLING
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verb (used with object) Law . to wrest or wring (money, information, etc.) from a person by violence, intimidation, or abuse of authority; obtain by force, torture, threat, or the like. to take illegally by reason of one's office. to compel (something) of a person or thing: Her wit and intelligence extorted their admiration.
Origin of extort First recorded in 1525–1500; from Latin extortus, past participle of extorquēre, equivalent to ex- ex-1 + torquēre “to twist”; see tort
synonym study for extort 1 . See extract.
OTHER WORDS FROM extort ex·tort·er, noun ex·tor·tive, adjective non·ex·tor·tive, adjective un·ex·tort·ed, adjective Words nearby extort extirpation, extn., extol, extorsion, extorsive, extort , extortion, extortionary, extortionate, extortionist, extr.
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Example sentences from the Web for extort In discussions monitored by the FBI, the hackers said they had hoped to extort $4 million from Tesla via the plot.
The FBI broke up a Russian hacker plot to extort millions from Tesla | Aaron Pressman| August 28, 2020| Fortune
Kellner was also charged with attempting to extort the Lebovits family.
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Or a stranger willing to let you use their cellphone to call your family might save their number and use it to extort them later.
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They say he tried to extort more money from them on the way out of Syria, but Mousa engaged him angrily in Arabic.
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Instead, it would rather sabotage the game and try to extort its way to a victory.
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One gangster takes the filmmakers with him as he goes out to extort protection money from Chinese stall holders.
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He will certainly never importune you, nor poorly attempt to extort from your pity what he could not win from your love.
Self-control | Mary Brunton
But you see it is in vain to attempt to extort anything from him.
Guy Fawkes | William Harrison Ainsworth
How often, my hearers, do you 'spect me to stop my dressing to extort you!
Donald and Dorothy | Mary Mapes Dodge
One day some commissioners called at her cell, hoping to extort from her the secret of her husband's retreat.
Madame Roland, Makers of History | John S. C. Abbott
All I could extort was a promise to keep Coralli, if some other player happened to retire.
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British Dictionary definitions for extort verb (tr) to secure (money, favours, etc) by intimidation, violence, or the misuse of influence or authority
to obtain by importunate demands the children extorted a promise of a trip to the zoo
to overcharge for (something, esp interest on a loan)
Derived forms of extort extorter , noun extortive , adjective Word Origin for extort C16: from Latin extortus wrenched out, from extorquēre to wrest away, from torquēre to twist, wrench
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