- (p.p.&a.) Extorted.
- (v.t.) 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; as, to extort contributions from the vanquished; to extort confessions of guilt; to extort a promise; to extort payment of a debt.
- (v.i.) To practice extortion.
- (v.t.) To get by the offense of extortion. See Extortion, 2.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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