extort from

extort something from someone or something

to steal something from someone by coercion; to force someone to give something by making threats. The crook was trying to extort a lot of money from the widow by selling her a worthless insurance policy. The authorities caught the accounting firm trying to extort a great deal of money from the bank.

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Wen	-	Chinese
Urbain	-	French
Mario	['mæriəu]
Geretrudis	-	Ancient Germanic (Latinized)
Solveiga	-	Latvian, Lithuanian
Hemi	-	Maori