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
Lennox	LEN-əks	Scottish, English (Rare)
Barrie	['bæri]
Saoul	-	Biblical Greek
Bernt	-	Swedish, Norwegian, Danish
Robert	['rɔbət]
SeÁN	SHAWN	Irish