extort
/ɪkˈstɔː(ɹ)t/
verb
- 1
To take or seize off an unwilling person by physical force, menace, duress, torture, or any undue or illegal exercise of power or ingenuity
“to extort a promise”
- 2
To obtain by means of the offense of extortion.
- 3
To twist outwards.
adjective
- 1
Wrongfully obtained.
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