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,
pay through the nose,
pay too dear for one's whistle,
pay top dollar.
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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,
grub up,
rake up,
root out,
weed out,
grub out,
rake out;
eradicate;
pull up by the roots,
pluck up by the roots;
averruncate†;
unroot†;
uproot,
pull up,
extirpate,
dredge.
remove;
educe,
elicit;
evolve,
extricate;
eliminate
etc.
(eject)
297;
eviscerate
etc.
297.
express,
squeeze out,
press out.
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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;
say it must be done,
make a point of,
insist upon,
take no denial;
put down,
dragoon.
extort,
wring from;
squeeze,
put on the squeeze;
put on the screws,
turn on the screw;
drag into;
bind,
bind over;
pin down,
tie down;
require,
tax,
put in force;
commandeer;
restrain
etc.
751.
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Roget 789:
take,
catch,
hook,
nab,
bag,
sack,
pocket,
put into one's pocket;
receive;
accept.
reap,
crop,
cull,
pluck;
gather
etc.
(get)
775;
draw.
appropriate,
expropriate,
impropriate†;
assume,
possess oneself of;
take possession of;
commandeer;
lay one's hands on,
clap one's hands on;
help oneself to;
make free with,
dip one's hands into,
lay under contribution;
intercept;
scramble for;
deprive of.
take away,
carry away,
bear away,
take off,
carry off,
bear off;
adeem†;
abstract;
hurry off with,
run away with;
abduct;
steal
etc.
791;
ravish;
seize;
pounce upon,
spring upon;
swoop to,
swoop down upon;
take by storm,
take by assault;
snatch,
reave†.
snap up,
nip up,
whip up,
catch up;
kidnap,
crimp,
capture,
lay violent hands on.
get hold of,
lay hold of,
take hold of,
catch hold of,
lay fast hold of,
take firm hold of;
lay by the heels,
take prisoner;
fasten upon,
grip,
grapple,
embrace,
gripe,
clasp,
grab,
clutch,
collar,
throttle,
take by the throat,
claw,
clinch,
clench,
make sure of.
catch at,
jump at,
make a grab at,
snap at,
snatch at;
reach,
make a long arm,
stretch forth one's hand.
take from,
take away from;
disseize†;
deduct
etc.
38;
retrench
etc.
(curtail)
201;
dispossess,
ease one of,
snatch from one's grasp;
tear from,
tear away from,
wrench from,
wrest from,
wring from;
extort;
deprive of,
bereave;
disinherit,
cut off with a shilling.
oust
etc.
(eject)
297;
divest;
levy,
distrain,
confiscate;
sequester,
sequestrate;
accroach†;
usurp;
despoil,
strip,
fleece,
shear,
displume†,
impoverish,
eat out of house and home;
drain,
drain to the dregs;
gut,
dry,
exhaust,
swallow up;
absorb
etc.
(suck in)
296;
draw off;
suck the blood of,
suck like a leech.
retake,
resume;
recover
etc.
775.
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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, 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 ... show more.
extorted
adjective
Roget 489:
dissenting
etc.
v.;
negative
etc.
536;
dissident,
dissentient;
unconsenting
etc.
(refusing)
764;
non-content,
nonjuring†;
protestant,
recusant;
unconvinced,
unconverted.
unavowed,
unacknowledged;
out of the question.
discontented
etc.
832;
unwilling
etc.
603;
extorted.
sectarian,
denominational,
schismatic;
heterodox;
intolerant.
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