extort

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verb

1. obtain through intimidation
• Derivationally related forms:
extortion
• Topics:
crime, offense, criminal offense, criminal offence, offence, law-breaking
• Hypernyms:
take
• Hyponyms:
blackmail
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something from somebody
2. obtain by coercion or intimidation
- They extorted money from the executive by threatening to reveal his past to the company boss
- They squeezed money from the owner of the business by threatening him
• Syn:
squeeze, rack, gouge, wring
• Derivationally related forms:
gouger (for: gouge), squeeze (for: squeeze), extortion
• Hypernyms:
overcharge, soak, surcharge, gazump, fleece,
plume, pluck, rob, hook
• Hyponyms:
bleed
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something from somebody
3. get or cause to become in a difficult or laborious manner
• Syn:
wring from
• Hypernyms:
obtain
• Hyponyms:
pry, prise
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something

• Từ đồng nghĩa / Synonyms:
  wring from, squeeze, rack, gouge, wring