extort
/ɪkˈstɔː(ɹ)t/ verbo C2En español: extorsionar
- To take or seize from an unwilling person by physical force, menace, duress, torture, or any undue or illegal exercise of power or ingenuity. · to extort contributions from the vanquished· to extort confessions of guilt
- To obtain by means of the offense of extortion.
- To twist outwards.
He/she/it extorts · Pasado extorted · Participio pasado extorted · Forma en -ing extorting
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De la biblioteca
She did at last extort from her father an acknowledgment that the horses were engaged; Jane was therefore obliged to go on horseback, and her mother attended her to the door with many cheerful prognostics of a bad day.
It was some time, however, before a smile could be extorted from Jane.
28;’ it is indeed the same,” said he; “and now, am I to rely upon an avowal extorted by religious or physical terror?
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