extort

verb · adjectiveA2

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Động từ

verb

V_es/s

extorts

V_ing/Gerund

extorting

V_ed/pp

extorted

1.
(transitive)To take or seize from an unwilling person by physical force, menace, duress, torture, or any undue or illegal exercise of power or ingenuity.
to extort contributions from the vanquished
to extort confessions of guilt
to extort a promise
to extort payment of a debt
2.
(transitive)(transitive, law) To obtain by means of the offense of extortion.
3.
(intransitive, transitive)(transitive and intransitive, medicine, ophthalmology) To twist outwards.

Tính từ

adjective

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

Từ liên quan

Đồng nghĩa

exacttearwrench wring

Cùng gốc / liên quan

unextortedextortableextorteeextorterextortivesextortextortionextortionateextortionistintort

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Nguồn gốc từ

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