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extortive

extortive adjective: involving, constituting or accomplished by extortion.

Adjective

extortive (comparative more extortive, superlative most extortive)

  1. Involving, constituting or accomplished by extortion.

Forms of extortive

comparativemore extortive
superlativemost extortive

Origin of extortive

From extort + -ive.

Questions about extortive

What does extortive mean?
Extortive means involving, constituting or accomplished by extortion.
What part of speech is extortive?
Extortive is an adjective.

Words near extortive in the dictionary

  1. extortionist
  2. extortionists
  3. extortionous
  4. extortions
  5. extortious
  6. extortive
  7. extortor
  8. extortors
  9. extorts
  10. extra
  11. extra attacker

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