Meaning

1 senses

  1. (not comparable, obsolete)Extorted; obtained by extortion.

Examples

6 sentences

  1. He extorted a large amount of money from her.

    deEr erpresste einen großen Geldbetrag von ihr. — Esperantostern

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  2. Mennad is good at extorting money.

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  3. Mennad is really good at extorting money.

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  4. The gangsters extorted a vast sum of money from the rich man.

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  5. They're systematically extorting all of the business owners in the southern part of the city.

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Origin

Borrowed from Latin extortus, past participle of extorquere (“to twist or wrench out, to e

Borrowed from Latin extortus, past participle of extorquere (“to twist or wrench out, to extort”); from ex (“out”) + -tort, from torqueō (“twist, turn”).

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See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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