extort meaning
EN
[-ɔː(r)t] - VerbSGextortsPRextortingPT, PPextorted
- (transitive) 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.
- (transitive, law) To obtain by means of the offense of extortion.
- (transitive and intransitive, medicine, ophthalmology) To twist outwards.
- (transitive) 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.
Definition of extort in English Dictionary
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- en extortion
- en extortionate
- en extortioner
- en extortionist
- en extorts
Source: Wiktionary
Grammatically, this word "extort" is a verb, more specifically, an intransitive verb and a transitive verb.