extortion
/ɪkˈstɔːʃən/US/ɪkˈstɔɹʃən/
extortion noun: the practice of extorting money or other property by the use of force or threats.
Noun
extortion (plural extortions)
extortion meaning in Tamil, Bengali, Malayalam and Kannada
extortion in Tamil
- மிரட்டிப் பணம் பறித்தல், வலிந்து பெறுதல், பறிப்பு, பிடுங்குதல், பரும்பிடி, வன்பறி
extortion in Bengali
- extortion
- শোষণ śōśon
extortion in Malayalam
- പിടിച്ചുപറി, അന്യായമായി ഈടാക്കൽ, പരസ്യാപഹരണം
extortion in Kannada
- ವಸೂಲಿ, ಸುಲಿಗೆ
More languagesFewer languages
- extortion in Tagalog
- pangingikil, kikil
- extortion in Arabic
- اِبْتِزَاز ibtizāz
- extortion in Malay
- peras ugut
- extortion in Indonesian
- pemerasan
Examples of extortion in a sentence
- Some of the shopowners were resistant to the extortion, so the mafia did some persuasion.
- We can go home now if you’re determined to continue this extortion.
- Fifteen hundred dollars stolen through the extortion exerted through the credit bureaus and the FICO nonsense.
Forms of extortion
| plural | extortions |
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Origin of extortion
From Middle English extorcion, from Anglo-Norman extorcion, extorcioun, extorsioun, from Late Latin extortiō, from extorqueō. By surface analysis, extort + -ion.
Words formed from extortion
Words that rhyme with extortion
Questions about extortion
- What does extortion mean?
- Extortion means the practice of extorting money or other property by the use of force or threats.
- What is extortion in Tamil?
- Extortion in Tamil is மிரட்டிப் பணம் பறித்தல், வலிந்து பெறுதல், பறிப்பு. See Extortion meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is extortion?
- Extortion is a noun.
- How do you pronounce extortion?
- Extortion is pronounced /ɪkˈstɔːʃən/ (UK).
- What is the plural of extortion?
- The plural of extortion is extortions.
Words near extortion in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: extortion (page history and authors); extortion (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); শোষণ (Bengali) (page history and authors); extortion (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); extortion (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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