Synonyms for extort
ɪkˈstɔrtex·tort

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1. extort

   Synonyms:
   claim, command, deny, enforce, exact, insist, refuse, reject

   Antonyms:
   ask, beg, beseech, crave, demand, entreat, implore, petition, pray, request, require, solicit, supplicate

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1. extort

   Synonyms:
   wring, despoil, fleece, exact, express, squeeze out, wrench, wrest, extract

   Antonyms:
   coax, wheedle, cajole, cheat

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1. extortverb

   obtain through intimidation

   Synonyms:
   rack, wring from, wring, gouge, squeeze

2. extort, 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, constrict

3. extort, wring fromverb

   get or cause to become in a difficult or laborious manner

   Synonyms:
   rack, wring from, wring, gouge, squeeze

Matched Categories

1. • Crime
   • Obtain
   • Take

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1. extortverb

   Synonyms:
   exact, wrest, wring, wrench, force, get by force

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1. List of paraphrases for "extort":

   extract, blackmail

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1. Geoffrey Berman:

   Ray put a knife to one male victims throat, brandished a knife and threatened to dismember another male victim, grabbed a third male victim around the neck until he passed out, slapped a female victim and grabbed another female victim by her head before shoving her to the ground, after enduring Rays abuse, seven of his victims falsely confessed to having harmed or attempted to harm Ray. Ray, who sometimes recorded these false confessions, then used these false confessions to extort money from his victims.

2. Bryan Freedman:

   Yet more lies from the same disturbed individual who has been stalking and menacing Wes, his family and his friends for years, as is well known, this person tried to extort Wes for millions of dollars and, after he refused to pay her a penny, launched an unceasing campaign of harassment against my client.

3. Eric Olson:

   So it makes use harder to reach out and gain the trust of those communities. are they a bad group of people who extort? Who murder? Yes.

4. Geoff Porter:

   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.

5. Chris Cuomo:

   New York must stop all of its unnecessary lawsuits harrassment, start cleaning New York up, and lowering taxes. Build relationships, but dont bring Fredo ! Trump said, tacking on a insult referring to Chris Cuomo, Chris Cuomo. The Fredo reference is a nod to The Godfather films, and a character in the film who ultimately betrays Chris Cuomo. The Fredo reference was first made by a Trump supporter last summer in a viral video that saw the television journalist get irate with the man for the insult. In the video, Chris Cuomo says the term was meant as a derogatory term for Chris Cuomo Italian heritage, similar to the N-word for African Americans. ( Punk-a ** b ***** s from the right call me Fredo, Chris Cuomo said in the video. My name is Chris Cuomo. Im an anchor on CNN. Fredo is from The Godfather. He was a weak brother and they use it as an Italian aspersion.) DHS SUSPENDS GLOBAL ENTRY FOR New Yorkers ; WILL AFFECT 800K OVER 5 YEARS Chris Cuomo had said hes willing to restore federal access to driving records on a limited basis. But in a midday news conference, Chris Cuomo pledged not to let federal immigration agents see lists of people who had applied for a new type of license that doesnt require applicants to prove they are in the U.S. legally. If they think theyre going to extort New York into giving them a database of undocumented people, theyre wrong. I will never do that.