'Extort' definitions:
Definition of 'extort'
(from WordNet)
verb
Obtain through intimidation
verb
Obtain by coercion or intimidation; "They extorted money from the executive by threatening to reveal his past to the company boss"; "They squeezed money from the owner of the business by threatening him" [syn: extort, squeeze, rack, gouge, wring]
verb
Get or cause to become in a difficult or laborious manner [syn: extort, wring from]
Definition of 'Extort'
From: GCIDE
- Extort \Ex*tort"\, v. i. To practice extortion. [Obs.] --Spenser. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Extort'
From: GCIDE
- Extort \Ex*tort"\, p. p. & a. [L. extortus. p. p.] Extorted. [Obs.] --Spenser. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Extort'
From: GCIDE
- Extort \Ex*tort"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Extorted; p. pr. & vb. n. Extorting.] [L. extortus, p. p. of extorquere to twist or wrench out, to extort; ex out + torquere to turn about, twist. See Torsion.]
- 1. 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. [1913 Webster]
- 2. (Law) To get by the offense of extortion. See Extortion, 2. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'extort'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- abstract,
- and,
- annex,
- appropriate,
- ask,
- ask for,
- badger,
- bag,
- blackmail,
- bleed,
- boost,
- borrow,
- bully,
- call for,
- challenge,
- cheat,
- claim,
- clamor for,
- coerce,
- cop,
- crib,
- cry for,
- defraud,
- demand,
- embezzle,
- exact,
- extract,
- filch,
- fleece,
- force,
- force from,
- get,
- gouge,
- hook,
- impose,
- indent,
- issue an ultimatum,
- levy,
- levy blackmail,
- lift,
- make a demand,
- make off with,
- milk,
- nip,
- obtain,
- order,
- order up,
- palm,
- pilfer,
- pinch,
- place an order,
- poach,
- pry loose from,
- purloin,
- put in requisition,
- rend,
- rend from,
- require,
- requisition,
- rip,
- rip from,
- run away with,
- rustle,
- screw,
- scrounge,
- secure,
- shake down,
- shoplift,
- skin,
- snare,
- snatch,
- snatch from,
- snitch,
- squeeze,
- steal,
- swindle,
- swipe,
- take,
- tear from,
- thieve,
- walk off with,
- warn,
- wrench,
- wrench from,
- wrest,
- wring,
- wring from