Word Meaning

Meaning of extorts

- 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.

Crossword clue for extorts

- Blackmail
- Squeeze
- Blackmails
- Blackmails T-Rex to become last of species
- Coerces
- Obtains by coercion