EXTORT
\ɛkstˈɔːt], \ɛkstˈɔːt], \ɛ_k_s_t_ˈɔː_t]\
Definitions of EXTORT
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1790 - A Complete Dictionary of the English Language
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By Princeton University
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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To wrest from an unwilling person by physical force, menace, duress, torture, or any undue or illegal exercise of power or ingenuity; to wrench away (from); to tear away; to wring (from); to exact; as, to extort contributions from the vanquished; to extort confessions of guilt; to extort a promise; to extort payment of a debt.
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To get by the offense of extortion. See Extortion, 2.
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To practice extortion.
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Extorted.
By Oddity Software
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To wrest from an unwilling person by physical force, menace, duress, torture, or any undue or illegal exercise of power or ingenuity; to wrench away (from); to tear away; to wring (from); to exact; as, to extort contributions from the vanquished; to extort confessions of guilt; to extort a promise; to extort payment of a debt.
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To get by the offense of extortion. See Extortion, 2.
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To practice extortion.
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Extorted.
By Noah Webster.
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To practice extortion.
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To obtain from by force or compulsion; to wrest or wring from by physical force, by menace, duress, violence, torture, authority, or by any illegal means; as, conquerors extort contributions from the vanquished; confessions of guilt are extorted by the rack; a promise extorted by duress is not binding; in law, to take illegally under color of office, as any money or valuable not due, or more than is due; said of public officers.
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To practice extortion. "To whom they never gave any penny of entertainment, but let them feed upon the countries, and extort upon all men where they came."-Spenser.
By Daniel Lyons
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
By James Champlin Fernald