extort (something) from (someone or something)

To obtain something from someone or something through coercive means. I thought he was my friend, but here he is, trying to extort money from me through blackmail.See also: extort

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.See also: extort

单词	extort (something) from (someone or something)
释义	extort (something) from (someone or something) extort (something) from (someone or something) To obtain something from someone or something through coercive means. I thought he was my friend, but here he is, trying to extort money from me through blackmail.See also: extort 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.See also: extort
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