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
Coyle	[kɔil]
Sigilind	-	Ancient Germanic
Merit (2)	-	Swedish
Meike	MIE-kə	German, Dutch
Aicken	['eikin]
Chikere	-	Western African, Igbo