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单词

extort

释义

Verb: extort ik'stort

Obtain through intimidation
Obtain by coercion or intimidation
"They extorted money from the executive by threatening to reveal his past to the company boss"
- squeeze, rack, gouge, wring
Get or cause to become in a difficult or laborious manner
- wring from

Derived forms: extorted, extorting, extorts

See also: extortion

Type of: fleece, gazump [Brit], hook, obtain, overcharge, pluck, plume, rob, soak, surcharge, take

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