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extort 音标拼音: [ɪkst'ɔrt] vt. 勒索,敲诈,强要 勒索,敲诈,强要 extort v 1: obtain through intimidation 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" [ synonym: { extort}, { squeeze}, { rack}, { gouge}, { wring}] 3: get or cause to become in a difficult or laborious manner [ synonym: { extort}, { wring from}] Extort \ Ex* tort"\, v. i. To practice extortion. [ Obs.] -- Spenser. [ 1913 Webster]
Extort \ Ex* tort"\, p. p. & a. [ L. extortus. p. p.] Extorted. [ Obs.] -- Spenser. [ 1913 Webster]
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] 87 Moby Thesaurus words for " extort": 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
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