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extortive

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
ex-tortive
IPA
19
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
2
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Involving, constituting or accomplished by extortion.

Etymology

From extort + -ive.

Word Breakdown

Inflected Forms

more extortive (comparative) most extortive (superlative)

Frequently Paired Words

nonextortive

Questions

What does extortive mean?
Involving, constituting or accomplished by extortion.
Where does extortive come from?
From extort + -ive.

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