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- EXTORT Definition Meaning - Merriam-Webster
To extort is literally to wrench something out of someone Extortion is a mainstay of organized crime Just as the school bully extorts lunch money from the smaller kids in exchange for not beating them up, thugs extort "protection" money from business owners with threats of violence
- EXTORT Definition Meaning | Dictionary. com
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 | English meaning - Cambridge 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 definition in American English | Collins English Dictionary
If someone extorts money from you, they get it from you using force, threats, or other unfair or illegal means Corrupt government officials were extorting money from him Her kidnapper extorted a $175,000 ransom for her release
- 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 - Wiktionary, the free dictionary
Verb 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
- Extorted - definition of extorted by The Free Dictionary
Define extorted extorted synonyms, extorted pronunciation, extorted translation, English dictionary definition of extorted v ex·tort·ed , ex·tort·ing , ex·torts v tr 1 To obtain by the criminal offense of extortion 2 To obtain by coercion, intimidation, or psychological
- Extort - Definition, Meaning Synonyms | Vocabulary. com
ɛkˈstɔrt ɛkˈstɔt IPA guide Other forms: extorted; extorting; extorts To extort is to use information or the threat of violence to acquire cash or something else Extortion is a classic shakedown, a gouge, a squeeze Usually it's money someone is after if they're going to extort you for it
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