| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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| extort |
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| SYLLABICATION: | ex·tort |
| PRONUNCIATION: |   k-stôrt |
| TRANSITIVE VERB: | Inflected forms: ex·tort·ed, ex·tort·ing, ex·torts
To obtain from another by coercion or intimidation. | | ETYMOLOGY: | Latin extorqu re, extort-, to wrench out, extort : ex-, ex- + torqure, to twist; see terkw- in Appendix I. | | OTHER FORMS: | ex·torter —NOUN
ex·tortive —ADJECTIVE
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