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extort meaning in Pashto

لوشل lwašal

/ɪkˈstɔː(ɹ)t/

extort in Pashto: لوشل (lwašal). In English, extort means to take or seize from an unwilling person by physical force, menace, duress, torture, or any undue or illegal exercise of power or ingenuity.

Pashto words for extort

to extort
لوشل lwašal

English meaning of extort

  1. verb 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. verb To obtain by means of the offense of extortion.
  3. verb To twist outwards.
  4. adjective Extorted; obtained by extortion.

Full definition of extort

extort in a sentence

  • to extort contributions from the vanquished
  • to extort confessions of guilt
  • to extort payment of a debt

Synonyms of extort

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Questions about extort in Pashto

What is the meaning of extort in Pashto?
Extort in Pashto is لوشل (lwašal).
extort په پښتو کې څه معنی لري؟
Extort: لوشل (lwašal).
What does extort mean in English?
Extort means to take or seize from an unwilling person by physical force, menace, duress, torture, or any undue or illegal exercise of power or ingenuity.

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Pashto words from Wiktionary's Pashto entries whose English meaning is “extort”: لوشل. English meanings adapted from Wiktionary: extort (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the Pashto words and English meanings and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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