Extort
21extort — 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… …
22extort — 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… …
23extort — v.tr. obtain by force, threats, persistent demands, etc. Derivatives: extorter n. extortive adj. Etymology: L extorquere extort (as EX (1), torquere twist) …
24extort belief — index convince Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …
25extort — 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… …
26extort — Synonyms and related words: abstract, and, annex, appropriate, ask, ask for, badger, bag, blackmail, bleed, boost, borrow, bully, call for, challenge, cheat, claim, clamor for, coerce, cop, crib, cry for, defraud, demand, embezzle, exact, extract …
27extort — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. t. elicit, extract, draw, exact; wring, wrench, force; squeeze. See stealing, compulsion, EX traction, threat. II (Roget s IV) v. Syn. extract, wrench, wrest; see bleed 3 , force 1 . See Synonym Study …
28extort — 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 …
29extort — see TORMENT …
30extort — ex·tort || ɪk stÉ”Ët v. obtain (money, information, etc.) through threat or intimidation, blackmail …
