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extort

verb

1 extort

Obtain through intimidation.

Roget 814: be dear etc. adj.; cost much, cost a pretty penny; rise in price, look up.    [demand a price in excess of value] overcharge, bleed, fleece, extort.    [pay a price in excess of value] pay too much, ... show more

Roget 817a: covet, crave (desire) 865; grasp; exact, extort.   

2 extort

Obtain by coercion or intimidation:
— They extorted money from the executive by threatening to reveal his past to the company boss.

synonyms: gouge, rack, squeeze, wring.

3 extort

Get or cause to become in a difficult or laborious manner.

synonym: wring from.

Roget 301: extract, draw; take out, draw out, pull out, tear out, pluck out, pick out, get out; wring from, wrench; extort; root up, weed up, ... show more

Roget 744: compel, force, make, drive, coerce, constrain, enforce, necessitate, oblige.    force upon, press; cram down the throat, thrust down the throat, force down the throat; ... show more

Roget 789: take, catch, hook, nab, bag, sack, pocket, put into one's pocket; receive; accept.    reap, crop, cull, ... show more


Moby thesaurus: abstract, and, annex, appropriate, ask, ask for, badger, bag, blackmail, bleed, boost, borrow, bully, call for, challenge, cheat, claim, clamor for, coerce, cop ... show more.

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