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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
Ceolmund	-	Anglo-Saxon
Ena
Tuija	TOO-ee-yah	Finnish
&Thorn;ÓRveig	-	Ancient Scandinavian
Jez	JEZ	English (British)
Aeronwy	-	Welsh