extort

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Verb

extort (extorts, present participle extorting; past and past participle extorted)

1. (transitive) To take or seize off an unwilling person by physical force, menace, duress, torture, or any undue or illegal exercise of power or ingenuity

   to extort contributions from the vanquished

   to extort confessions of guilt

   to extort a promise

   to extort payment of a debt

2. (transitive, legal) To obtain by means of the offense of extortion.
3. (transitive and intransitive, medicine, ophthalmology) To twist outwards.

Synonyms

• (take by force) wrench away (from); to tear away; to wring (from); to exact

Translations

• French: extorquer
• Italian: estorcere, carpire, spillare
• Portuguese: extorquir
• Russian: вырыва́ть
• Spanish: extorsionar

Translations

• Portuguese: extorquir
• Russian: вымога́ть
• Spanish: extorsionar

Translations

• Italian: spillare

Adjective

extort (not comparable)

1. (obsolete) Wrongfully obtained.

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