Definitions
get or cause to become in a difficult or laborious manner
Word origin
Borrowed from Latin extortus, past participle of extorquere (“to twist or wrench out, to extort”); from ex (“out”) + -tort, from torqueō (“twist, turn”).
Used in a sentence
“to extort contributions from the vanquished”
“to extort confessions of guilt”
“to extort a promise”
Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0
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01“Get by threats”6 letters
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