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Meaning of extort

Source language: EnglishDictionary language: English

extort

Pronunciation:/ɪkˈstɔː(ɹ)t/

verb

Definitions

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

    Example: to extort a promise

  2. To obtain by means of the offense of extortion.

  3. To twist outwards.

adjective

Definitions

  1. Wrongfully obtained.