0 present participle of extort --
1 to get something by force or threats, or with difficulty: --
The bishop was further charged with extorting money from his clergy on his visitations.
It is his duty, when he is extorting contributions week by week from the wages of poor people, to see that they receive the proper benefits they are paying for.
That old woman is generally some big company or trust which has invested money in property, and which is extorting the last farthing and shilling out of the tenants.
It is a small matter, but there is something in the point that not all agreements are connected with extorting the maximum price from the public.
They exist in the home, extorting fear, submission and subservience from women who are deprived of their independence.
If you really propose to make tariffs a reality you must use them for extorting concessions from other countries.
He has just spoken again about extorting a further £80 million from industry and putting a further burden upon it.
He was charged with extorting money with menaces.
