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extorts

VERB

cheat; blackmail

Synonyms

STRONGEST

coerce elicit exact extract wrest wring

STRONG

bleed bully clip demand educe evince fleece force get gouge ice milk obtain pinch secure skin soak squeeze stick sting wrench

WEAK

hold up make pay through nose pull one's leg put screws to put the arm on shake down

Antonyms

STRONG

forfeit give let go loosen lose offer surrender unfasten yield

Example Sentences

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“Landmark extorts small businesses, demanding payment for webpages that are essential for running a business,” Attorney General Bob Ferguson said in a statement Thursday.

From Seattle Times • May 13, 2021

“Here you have someone trying to lawfully work and support their families, and then someone turns around and extorts them,” Erzen said.

From Washington Post • Nov. 7, 2017

This means, for example, that a U.S. senator who extorts money is no more immune to being charged with this crime than an ordinary American.

From Salon • Jun. 26, 2017

The main perk of being the bid’s junior partner is that we won’t be on the hook for the full array of infrastructural follies Fifa normally extorts from the host.

From The Guardian • Apr. 11, 2017

He bears a good character with the Government, because he contrives to pay its demand; but a very bad one among the people, from whom he extorts the means.

From A Journey through the Kingdom of Oude, Volumes I & II by Sleeman, William