
tr.v., -tort·ed, -tort·ing, -torts.
To obtain from another by coercion or intimidation.
[Latin extorquēre, extort-, to wrench out, extort : ex-, ex- + torquēre, to twist.]
extorter ex·tort'er n.extortive ex·tor'tive adj.
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[Latin extorquēre, extort-, to wrench out, extort : ex-, ex- + torquēre, to twist.]
extorter ex·tort'er n.|
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To compel or coerce, as in a confession or information, by any means serving to overcome the other's power of resistance, thus making the confession or admission involuntary. To gain by wrongful methods; to obtain in an unlawful manner, as in to compel payments by means of threats of injury to person, property, or reputation. To exact something wrongfully by threatening or putting in fear. The natural meaning of the word extort is to obtain money or other valuable things by compulsion, by actual force, or by the force of motives applied to the will, and often more overpowering and irresistible than physical force.
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Extort |
Dansk (Danish)
v. tr. - fremtvinge, afpresse
Nederlands (Dutch)
afpersen, afdwingen
Français (French)
v. tr. - extorquer, soutirer à, arracher à (un secret)
Deutsch (German)
v. - erpressen
Ελληνική (Greek)
v. - αποσπώ (εκβιαστικά), εκβιάζω
Português (Portuguese)
v. - extorquir, obter por violência, praticar concussão (jur.)
Русский (Russian)
вымогать, вынудить, исторгать
Español (Spanish)
v. tr. - obtener con amenazas, arrancar, sacar de mala manera o por la fuerza
Svenska (Swedish)
v. - pressa ut, framtvinga
中文(简体)(Chinese (Simplified))
勒索, 强要, 敲诈
中文(繁體)(Chinese (Traditional))
v. tr. - 勒索, 強要, 敲詐
한국어 (Korean)
v. tr. - 우려내다, 억지로 갖다 붙이다
日本語 (Japanese)
v. - 無理強いする, 要求する, こじ付ける, 強要する, 搾取する, ゆすり取る
العربيه (Arabic)
(فعل) يغتصب, يبتز
עברית (Hebrew)
v. tr. - הוציא בכוח, סחט, השיג באיומים
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