extorting

Verb

extort (third-person singular simple present extorts, present participle extorting, simple past and past participle extorted)

1. (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.
   • to extort contributions from the vanquished

   Synonyms:

   wrench away, to tear away, to wring, to exact

2. (transitive) To obtain by means of the offense of extortion.
   • Weirdly, Renton doesn’t look too much older and the same also goes for Sick Boy (Jonny Lee Miller), who has exchanged heroin for cocaine and nowadays runs an escort-and-blackmail business, secretly videoing clients and extorting money, working with his female business partner, Veronika (Anjela...2017 January 19, Peter Bradshaw, “T2 Trainspotting review – choose a sequel that doesn't disappoint”, in the Guardian
3. (intransitive, transitive) To twist outwards.

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