Verb: extort ik'stort
- (crime) obtain through intimidation
"The gang extorted protection money from local businesses"
- 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
- Get or cause to become in a difficult or laborious manner
"The police extorted a confession from the suspect";
- wring from
Derived forms: extorted, extorting, extorts
Type of: fleece [informal], gouge [informal], obtain, overcharge, pluck [informal], rip off [informal], rob, skin [informal], soak [informal], surcharge, take
Encyclopedia: Extort