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To extort
verb
To wrest from an unwilling person by physical force, menace, duress, torture, or any undue or illegal exercise of power or ingenuity; to wrench away (from); to tear away; to wring (from); to exact; as, to extort contributions from the vanquished; to extort confessions of guilt; to extort a promise; to extort payment of a debt.
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Someone to extort the extorters.
The gang would try to extort me.
"She wanted to extort money from me.
"They are done with a view to extort and harass".
The revised indictment adds accusations of trying to extort executives.
Would the donor try to extort money later?
They're intimidating us, harassing us and trying to extort us.
At least one was accused by colleagues of trying to extort money by threatening negative coverage.
But the remaining fighters continued to extort money in Mosul and carry out attacks in Iraq.
On the one hand, their employees are kidnapped and used to extort ransoms.
They only want to extort, and the long table is just a prop.
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