Thesaurus: extort

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1. v. t. 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.
2. v. t. To get by the offense of extortion. See Extortion, 2.
3. v. i. To practice extortion.
4. p. p. & a. Extorted.
5. v. obtain through intimidation
6. v. obtain by coercion or intimidation
7. v. get or cause to become in a difficult or laborious manner
8. 1. 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. 2. (Law) To get by the offense of extortion. See Extortion, 2. To practice extortion. [Obs.] Spenser. Extorted. [Obs.] Spenser.
9. v:100 v. obtain through intimidation v. obtain by coercion or intimidation v. get or cause to become in a difficult or laborious manner