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Definition of Extort
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Extort
To wrest from an unwilling person by physical force, menace, duress, torture, or any undue or illegal exercise of power or ingenuity; to wrench away (from); to tear away; to wring (from); to exact; as, to extort contributions from the vanquished; to extort confessions of guilt; to extort a promise; to extort payment of a debt. To get by the offense of extortion. See Extortion, 2. To practice extortion. Extorted. Related Definitions:
An, Any, As, Away, By, Debt, Duress, Exact, Exercise, Extort, Extorted, Extortion, Force, From, Get, Guilt, Illegal, Ingenuity, Menace, Of, Offense, Or, Payment, Person, Physical, Power, Practice, Promise, See, Tear, The, To, Torture, Undue, Unwilling, Vanquished, Wrench, Wrest, Wring |
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Extort Translations
extort in Dutch is afpersen, knevelen, afdwingen extort in German is erpressen extort in Latin is extundo extort in Norwegian is presse extort in Swedish is framtvinga, avtvinga, utpressa |
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