extort

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Synonyms: exhort, export

Antonyms: exhort, export

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Verb

1. {{lb|en|transitive}} To [[take]] or [[seize]] from an [[unwilling]] person by [[physical]] [[force]], [[menace]], [[duress]], [[torture]], or any [[undue]] or [[illegal]] exercise of [[power]] or [[ingenuity]].
2. {{lb|en|transitive|legal}} To obtain by means of the offense of [[extortion]].
3. {{lb|en|transitive|and|intransitive|medicine|ophthalmology}} To twist outwards.

Adjective

1. {{lb|en|obsolete}} [[extorted|Extorted]]; obtained by extortion.

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