abstract, blackmail, claim, embezzle, gouge, make a demand, pilfer, rend from, scrounge, snitch, walk off with
Definitionv. obtain through intimidation
Last update: August 23, 2015
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They extorted money from the executive by threatening to kill his children. [verb]
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She had tacitly said herself that under the bitter pains of the rack they would be able to extort a false confession from her. [verb]
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They extort vast sums of money both before and after the hazardous journeys they arrange. [verb]
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He then hurried to the high-priest of Neith, to inform him how much he had been able to extort from the king. [verb]
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To extort money from enemies, cast them into prison, exile or execute them, is obviously not to forgive but to take retribution. [verb]
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He had even, before leaving Blandeville Castle, the address to extort from her father a consent to her union with the object of her choice. [verb]
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I could not part with her without tears, and I cannot bear that these men should think they have power to extort them. [verb]
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Thank you: I shall do: I have no broken bones,only a sprain; and again he stood up and tried his foot, but the result extorted an involuntary Ugh. [verb]
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Having finished his inquiries and extorted from Daniel an opinion that the hounds were fit (Daniel himself wished to go hunting), Nicholas ordered the horses to be saddled. [verb]
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