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English verb: extort | |||
| 1. | extort (possession) obtain through intimidation | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something from somebody | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | take | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | blackmail | ||
| Domain category | crime, criminal offence, criminal offense, law-breaking, offence, offense | ||
| 2. | extort (possession) obtain by coercion or intimidation | ||
| Samples | 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. | ||
| Synonyms | gouge, rack, squeeze, wring | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something from somebody | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | fleece, gazump, hook, overcharge, pluck, plume, rob, soak, surcharge | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | bleed | ||
| 3. | extort (creation) get or cause to become in a difficult or laborious manner | ||
| Synonyms | wring from | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | obtain | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | prise, pry | ||
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