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
Nan	[næn]
Eustachius	-	Late Roman
Nuala	NOO-ə-lah	Irish
SluaghadhÁN	-	Ancient Irish
Nikodem	nee-KAW-dem	Polish
Vjera	-	Croatian, Serbian