extort money
11extort — verb Extort is used with these nouns as the object: ↑money …
12extort — To compel or coerce, as a confession or information by any means serving to overcome one s power of resistance, thus making the confession or admission involuntary. To gain by wrongful methods; to obtain in an unlawful manner, as to compel… …
13extort — To compel or coerce, as a confession or information by any means serving to overcome one s power of resistance, thus making the confession or admission involuntary. To gain by wrongful methods; to obtain in an unlawful manner, as to compel… …
14squeeze money from a person — extort money from someone, force someone to give money …
15extort — ex|tort [ ık stɔrt ] verb transitive to illegally get money or information from someone using force or threats: Gangsters have been extorting money from local businessmen …
16screw money out of people — extort money from others …
17extort — extorter, n. extortive, adj. /ik stawrt /, v.t. 1. Law. a. to wrest or wring (money, information, etc.) from a person by violence, intimidation, or abuse of authority; obtain by force, torture, threat, or the like. b. to take illegally by reason… …
18extort — ex·tort || ɪk stÉ”Ët v. obtain (money, information, etc.) through threat or intimidation, blackmail …
19extort — verb he was convicted of extorting money from local residents Syn: force, extract, exact, wring, wrest, screw, squeeze, obtain by threat(s), blackmail someone for; informal put the bite on someone for; soak, rook …
20extort — [ɪkˈstɔːt] verb [T] to illegally get money or information from someone by using force or threats …
