Past tense of extort
regular verb
The past tense of extort is extorted. The past participle is also extorted.
Forms of extort
| Base form (V1) | extort /ɪkˈstɔː(ɹ)t/ |
|---|---|
| Past tense (V2) | extorted |
| Past participle (V3) | extorted |
| Present participle | extorting |
| Third person singular | extorts |
Extorted in a sentence
- Germany had made compensation for every contribution by a counter payment, although she could have extorted them by force as the due of the victor.1946, Department of State Bulletin - Volume 15, page 198. From the entry counter payment
- He would lend it to get rid of Podson: the price of three weeks' food money extorted from him by a footpad.1938, Norman Lindsay, Age of Consent, 1st Australian edition, Sydney, N.S.W.: Ure Smith, published 1962, →OCLC, page 71. From the entry footpad
- Sullenly, jocularly, resentfully, or derisively, names and addresses were extorted from the company, and each member given a jerk of the head to get out of this.1938, Norman Lindsay, Age of Consent, 1st Australian edition, Sydney, N.S.W.: Ure Smith, published 1962, →OCLC, page 160. From the entry sullenly
- These conditions are reversed after every hemicycle, i.e. the previously higher intorted eye is then lowered and extorted, and the previously lowered extorted eye becomes higher and intorted (Fig. 3.7).2011, Peter Urban, Louis R. Caplan, Brainstem Disorders, page 124. From the entry intort
Meaning of extort
- 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.
- verb To obtain by means of the offense of extortion.
- verb To twist outwards.
Questions about the past tense of extort
- What is the past tense of extort?
- The past tense of extort is extorted.
- What is the past participle of extort?
- The past participle of extort is extorted.
- Is extort a regular or irregular verb?
- Extort is a regular verb: its past tense adds -ed.
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