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- EXTORT Definition Meaning - Merriam-Webster
The meaning of EXTORT is to obtain from a person by force, intimidation, or undue or illegal power : wring; also : to gain especially by ingenuity or compelling argument
- Extortion - Wikipedia
Extortion is the practice of obtaining benefit (e g , money, goods, or regular payments) from an individual or group through coercion, usually by threatening them with future psychological or physical harm In most jurisdictions it is likely to constitute a criminal offence
- EXTORT | definition in the Cambridge English Dictionary
extort sth from sb The claim was that he had extorted money from the CEO by threatening to publish details of his private life
- extort verb - Definition, pictures, pronunciation and usage notes . . .
Definition of extort verb in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more
- Extort - definition of extort by The Free Dictionary
To obtain by coercion, intimidation, or psychological pressure: "[She] has no recourse but to model herself on her aunt in a fruitless effort to extort affection from her" (Claudia Nelson)
- extort - Wiktionary, the free dictionary
extort (third-person singular simple present extorts, present participle extorting, simple past and past participle extorted) (transitive) To take or seize from an unwilling person by physical force, menace, duress, torture, or any undue or illegal exercise of power or ingenuity
- EXTORT Definition Meaning | Dictionary. com
What does extort mean? Extort means to use violence, threats, intimidation, or pressure from one’s authority to force someone to hand over money (or something else of value) or do something they don’t want to do
- extort - WordReference. com Dictionary of English
Law to obtain (money) from a person by force, threats, violence, etc : The policeman extorted money from small shopkeepers ex•tor•tion•ist, n [countable] See -tort- obtain by force, torture, threat, or the like to take illegally by reason of one's office
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