To acquire or gain (money, property, a right, etc.) by exaction or extortion; to wrest or wrench from or out of a person, etc.

transitive. To take (something) dishonestly; to steal; to obtain by abuse of trust, or by extortion; to extort. Obsolete.

To take or get by force, to extort. Obsolete.

transitive. To obtain from a reluctant person by violence, torture, intimidation, or abuse of legal… with object money, payments, etc. Also absol.…

transitive. To obtain (property) by extortion or pillage. Obsolete. rare.

To usurp, arrogate, or take by force (power, a right, etc.); to assume forcibly (a dignity or… To obtain or gain (money, information, etc.) by…

transitive. To squeeze.

Senses relating to rack rent, n. rack-rent, v. Now archaic and historical. transitive. To extort (money, etc.). Obsolete.

To extort (money, confessions, etc.). Obsolete.

To extort or exact, to obtain by force or pressure, from or out of a person, etc. Also rarely without const.

= extort, v.

To press upon (a person, etc.) so as to exact or extort money; to fleece. Also const. of.

To obtain (something) by putting pressure on a person. transitive. To force or extort (money, etc.) out of or from a person or thing. Also more…

To obtain by pressure or extortion. Obsolete.

transitive. To extract or extort (money) from or out of a person. Obsolete.

slang. U.S. Political slang. ‘To induce (a person) to pay money on the promise of getting him votes, legislative favors, etc.’ (D.A.E.).