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extort

ex·tort

UK/ɪkˈstɔː(ɹ)t/ US/ɛˈkstɔrt/ uncommon obsolete

verb

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2.

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”
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Origin

Borrowed from Latin extortus, past participle of extorquere (“to twist or wrench out, to extort”); from ex (“out”) + -tort, from torqueō (“twist, turn”).

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