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
Shun (1)	-	Chinese
Gustavs	-	Latvian
Bastiaan	BAHS-tee-ah:n	Dutch
AntonÍN	-	Czech
EliŠKa	-	Czech, Slovak
'Ammar	-	Arabic