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- extort from
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 | Gender | Pronounced | Usage |
|---|
| Fion | | - | Irish |
| Shinta | | - | Indonesian, Javanese |
| Keir | | - | Scottish, English (Rare) |
| Anastasio | | ah-nahs-TAH-zyo (Italian), ah-nahs-TAH-syo (Spanish) | Italian, Spanish |
| Daly | | ['deili] | |
| Kayin (2) | | - | Biblical Hebrew |