1. extort - Adjective
2. extort - Verb
To wrest from an unwilling person by physical force, menace, duress, torture, or any undue or illegal exercise of power or ingenuity; to wrench away (from); to tear away; to wring (from); to exact; as, to extort contributions from the vanquished; to extort confessions of guilt; to extort a promise; to extort payment of a debt.
To get by the offense of extortion. See Extortion, 2.
To practice extortion.
Extorted.
Source: Webster's dictionaryDon't change on me. Don't extort me unless you intend to do it forever. Tupac Shakur
North Korea desperately needed the foreign currency which this lethal trade could bring; its role as chief 'rogue' reinforced its prestige among anti-Western states, near and far; and it could also hope at the right moment to extort new instalments of Danegeld from America and her allies. Margaret Thatcher
This is what I counted upon to extort from him the favor of an interview which he certainly would refuse to a mere newspaper man. Paul Bourget
#That every man who puts money into the hands of a "government" (so called), puts into its hands a sword which will be used against himself, to extort more money from him, and also to keep him in subjection to its arbitrary will. Lysander Spooner
Any number of scoundrels, having money enough to start with, can establish themselves as a 'government'; because, with money, they can hire soldiers, and with soldiers extort more money; and also compel general obedience to their will. Lysander Spooner
The rack can extort a false confession from the innocent. Latin Proverb