OXFORD 9000
📚 verb • entry_id 26957

extort

/ɪkˈstɔː(ɹ)t/
Meanings (ES + gloss)
extorsionar
To take or seize from an unwilling person by physical force, menace, duress, torture, or any undue or illegal exercise of power or ingenuity.
to extort confessions of guilt
to extort contributions from the vanquished
extorsionar
To obtain by means of the offense of extortion.
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