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Synonyms for extort
ɪkˈstɔrtex·tort
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extortverb
obtain through intimidation
Synonyms:
rack, wring from, wring, gouge, squeezeextort, squeeze, rack, gouge, wringverb
obtain by coercion or intimidation
"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:
pressure, crush, scud, coerce, rack, contort, thrust, press, twitch, wring from, rout, gouge, tweet, embrace, force, shove, single-foot, torment, twinge, compress, hug, wrench, contract, excruciate, stuff, distort, squeeze, squash, compact, pinch, wring, hale, mash, torture, force out, bosom, wedge, deform, squelch, constrictextort, wring fromverb
get or cause to become in a difficult or laborious manner
Synonyms:
rack, wring from, wring, gouge, squeeze
Words popularity by usage frequency
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#422 | press | |
#992 | stuff | |
#1022 | force | |
#1204 | contract | |
#1362 | command | |
#1365 | express | |
#1608 | pressure | |
#2022 | claim | |
#3048 | compact | |
#3402 | exact | |
#4680 | rack | |
#5338 | torture | |
#5757 | extract | |
#7367 | refuse | |
#7851 | deny | |
#8574 | reject | |
#8969 | fleece | |
#10166 | enforce | |
#10795 | embrace | |
#11614 | squash | |
#12398 | crush | |
#12572 | thrust | |
#13411 | wedge | |
#13626 | hale | |
#13787 | squeeze | |
#13972 | hug | |
#13994 | insist | |
#17127 | pinch | |
#17309 | wrench | |
#19529 | compress | |
#20204 | mash | |
#28948 | shove | |
#29210 | torment | |
#32051 | bosom | |
#32665 | distort | |
#34171 | blackmail | |
#35877 | twitch | |
#38396 | rout | |
#48826 | coerce | |
#59155 | scud | |
#60356 | gouge | |
#62045 | squelch | |
#69333 | wring | |
#70059 | wrest | |
#73889 | tweet | |
#78074 | deform | |
#91682 | extort | |
#104149 | twinge | |
#108267 | constrict | |
#195194 | contort | |
#228192 | despoil |
How to use extort in a sentence?
The company has engaged in an invasion of Mr. Charney's privacy in a shameful attempt to extort him and gain leverage over him.
Once again the Iranian regime is using its nuclear program to extort the international community and threaten regional security.
The Islamic State in Libya doesn't have comparable revenue streams - no oil sales, no sizeable population to tax and extort, in Libya, there is a superabundance of armed groups. For the most part they are busy fighting each other, but they could potentially be harnessed to eliminate Islamic State.
Certainly the administration is doing everything it can, within bounds, to get North Korea to trust them, but North Korea terminology, what they are saying, is exactly the opposite, which makes North Korea terminology sound like what Chairman Kim at his word is really trying to do is play the hard bargainer and extort as much as Chairman Kim at his word can... until the Americans decide( he is) not serious.
He says he only wanted to extort money from the Thalys passengers, and nothing else, he denies any terrorist dimension to his actions -- the suggestion makes him almost laugh.
Translations for extort
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- ابتزArabic
- изтръгвамBulgarian
- extorsionarSpanish
- riistää, kiristääFinnish
- extorquerFrench
- kizsarol, kicsikar, kikényszerítHungarian
- memerasIndonesian
- spillare, estorcere, carpireItalian
- សង្កត់យក, កំហែងយក, ឆាំង, ជំរិតទារKhmer
- apoMāori
- utpresseNorwegian
- вырывать, вымогать, выпытыватьRussian
- ìznuditiSerbo-Croatian
- กรรโชกThai
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