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
Valary	VAL-ə-ree	English (Rare)
Kerem	-	Turkish
Raabi'a	-	Arabic
Osborn	['ɔzbən]
Yachna	-	Hebrew
Braelyn	BRAY-lin	English (Modern)