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1. (crime) obtain through intimidation
    
2. Obtain by coercion or intimidation
   "They extorted money from the executive by threatening to reveal his past to the company boss";
   - squeeze, rack [archaic], gouge [informal], wring
    
3. Get or cause to become in a difficult or laborious manner
   - wring from

Derived forms: extorted, extorting, extorts

Type of: fleece [informal], gazump [Brit, informal], hook [informal], obtain, overcharge, pluck [informal], rob, skin [informal], soak [informal], surcharge, take

Encyclopedia: Extort