v. t. | 1. | 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; |
2. | (Law) To get by the offense of extortion. See Extortion, 2. | |
v. i. | 1. | To practice extortion. |
p. p. & a. | 1. | Extorted. |
Verb | 1. | extort - obtain through intimidation |
2. | extort - obtain by coercion or intimidation; "They extorted money from the executive by threatening to reveal his past to the company boss"; "They squeezed money from the owner of the business by threatening him" | |
3. | extort - get or cause to become in a difficult or laborious manner Synonyms: wring from |