Extort

  • 61squeeze — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. t. press, compress; ex press, extract; stuff, cram; exact, extort, blackmail. See extraction, contraction. II (Roget s IV) n. 1. [Pressure] Syn. influence, restraint, force; see pressure 1 , 2 . 2.… …

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  • 62extract — I (Roget s IV) n. 1. [An excerpt] Syn. passage, citation, selection; see quotation 1 . 2. [Essence] Syn. distillation, infusion, decoction; see essence 3 . v. 1. [To pry out] Syn. extort, extricate, pull out, pluck; see remove 1 . 2. [To obtain]… …

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  • 63ex|tract — «verb. ehk STRAKT; noun. EHKS trakt», verb, noun. –v.t. 1. a) to draw out, usually with some effort; »to extract a tooth, Figurative. to extract a confession, to extract iron from the earth. b) Figurative. to force (money, a promise, or other… …

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  • 64Charles Hitchen — (c. 1675 – 1727) was a thief taker (unofficial policeman) in 18th century London who was also famously tried for homosexuality. He was from a poor family and was apprenticed as a cabinet maker before he married Elizabeth, daughter of one John… …

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  • 65Shottas — Infobox Film name = Shottas caption = Cover to a bootleg copy of Shottas (2002). director = Cess Silvera producer = Jennifer Farrell Wyclef Jean Randall Emmett Fabien Pruvot Cess Silvera Norman Silvera writer = Cess Silvera starring = Spragga… …

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  • 66Cooper Union speech — Photo of Abraham Lincoln taken February 27, 1860 in New York City by Mathew Brady, the day of his famous Cooper Union speech The Cooper Union Speech, or Address, was delivered by Abraham Lincoln on February 27, 1860, at Cooper Union, in New York… …

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  • 67List of The Sopranos characters — The following is a listing of fictional characters from the HBO series The Sopranos. To view characters organized by their associations, see the subpages section. Contents 1 Main characters 2 Supporting characters 3 Recurring guest stars …

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  • 68elicit — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. t. draw forth, extract, evoke, educe, extort. See extraction, cause. II (Roget s IV) v. Syn. evoke, extort, call forth, draw out; see excite 2 , extract 2 , obtain 1 . See Synonym Study at extract .… …

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  • 69wring — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. t. wrench, twist; rack, pain; squeeze, compress; extort. See convolution, extraction, acquisition. II (Roget s IV) v. Syn. press out, squeeze out, extract, compress, twist, turn, strain, contort,… …

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  • 70AGUNAH — (Heb. עֲגוּנָה; lit. tied, cf. Ruth 1:13), married woman who for whatsoever reason is separated from her husband and cannot remarry, either because she cannot obtain a divorce from him (see divorce ), or because it is unknown whether he is still… …

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