extort
/ɪkˈstɔː(ɹ)t/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: 2.82 in modern English
13
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
2
Syllables
5
Unique Chars
Meaning
Example Sentences
- "to extort contributions from the vanquished"
- "to extort confessions of guilt"
- "to extort a promise"
- "to extort payment of a debt"
- "The Begums' ministers, on the contrary, to extort from them the disclosure of the place which concealed the treasures, were, […] after being fettered and imprisoned, led out on to a scaffold, and this array of terrours proving unavailing, the meek tempered Middleton, as a dernier resort, menaced them with a confinement in the fortress of Chunargar. Thus, my lords, was a British garrison made the climax of cruelties!"
- "Weirdly, Renton doesn’t look too much older and the same also goes for Sick Boy (Jonny Lee Miller), who has exchanged heroin for cocaine and nowadays runs an escort-and-blackmail business, secretly videoing clients and extorting money, working with his female business partner, Veronika (Anjela Nedyalkova)."
Etymology
Origin
- Source language: Latin
Word Breakdown
- Root: *terkʷ-, extortus