Extort

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1. Verb

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.

2. Verb

To get by the offense of extortion. See Extortion, 2.

3. Verb

To practice extortion.

4. Unclassified

Extorted.
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