- Word Parts
|part of speech:
||extorted, extorting, extorts
||to extract or obtain (money or the like) by force, threats, or abuse of authority.
The crook found a way to extort money from the politician.The tyrant extorted land from the peasants.
- similar words:
- blackmail, enforce, exact, force
||extortive (adj.), extorter (n.)
The word extort
contains the following part:
that means twist