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Meaning of extort

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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:

  extort
      v 1: obtain through intimidation
      2: obtain by coercion or intimidation; "They extorted money from
         the executive by threatening to reveal his past to the
         company boss"; "They squeezed money from the owner of the
         business by threatening him" [syn: {extort}, {squeeze},
         {rack}, {gouge}, {wring}]
      3: get or cause to become in a difficult or laborious manner
         [syn: {extort}, {wring from}]

Source : WordNet ® Princeton University. 2010.

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