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extort
Overview of verb extort
The verb extort has 3 senses (no senses from tagged texts)
1. extort -- (obtain through intimidation)
2. extort, squeeze, rack, gouge, wring -- (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")
3. extort, wring from -- (get or cause to become in a difficult or laborious manner)
Grep of noun extort
extortion
extortioner
extortionist
Antonyms of verb extort
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb extort
3 senses of extort
Sense 1
extort
=> take
Sense 2
extort, squeeze, rack, gouge, wring
=> overcharge, soak, surcharge, gazump, fleece, plume, pluck, rob, hook
=> cheat, rip off, chisel
=> victimize, victimise
=> wrong
=> treat, handle, do by
=> interact
=> act, move
Sense 3
extort, wring from
=> obtain
=> get, acquire
Troponyms (hyponyms) of verb extort
3 senses of extort
Sense 1
extort
=> blackmail
Sense 2
extort, squeeze, rack, gouge, wring
=> bleed
Sense 3
extort, wring from
=> pry, prise
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb extort
3 senses of extort
Sense 1
extort
=> take
Sense 2
extort, squeeze, rack, gouge, wring
=> overcharge, soak, surcharge, gazump, fleece, plume, pluck, rob, hook
Sense 3
extort, wring from
=> obtain
'Cause To' of verb extort
Derived Forms of verb extort
2 of 3 senses of extort
Sense 1
extort
RELATED TO>(noun) extortion#2
=> extortion
Sense 2
extort, squeeze, rack, gouge, wring
RELATED TO>(noun) extortion#1
=> extortion
RELATED TO>(noun) extortion#3
=> extortion
Domain of verb extort
1 of 3 senses of extort
Sense 1
extort
TOPIC>(noun) crime#1, law-breaking#1
Domain Terms of verb extort
Familiarity of verb extort
extort used as a verb is uncommon (polysemy count =3)
Sample Sentences of verb extort
3 senses of extort
Sense 1
extort
*> Somebody ----s something from somebody
Sense 2
extort, squeeze, rack, gouge, wring
*> Somebody ----s something from somebody
Sense 3
extort, wring from
*> Somebody ----s something
Coordinate Terms (sisters) of verb extort
3 senses of extort
Sense 1
extort
> take
=> rescue
=> scale
=> extort
=> assume, usurp, seize, take over, arrogate
=> recapture, retake
=> relieve
=> steal
=> plunder, despoil, loot, reave, strip, rifle, ransack, pillage, foray
=> sack, plunder
Sense 2
extort, squeeze, rack, gouge, wring
> overcharge, soak, surcharge, gazump, fleece, plume, pluck, rob, hook
=> extort, squeeze, rack, gouge, wring
Sense 3
extort, wring from
> obtain
=> carry
=> excavate, dig up, turn up
=> extort, wring from
=> kite
=> source
=> procure, secure
=> extract
=> take out
=> get in, get into
=> eke out, squeeze out
=> mooch, bum, cadge, grub, sponge
=> derive, gain
=> shop
=> snag
=> grab
Synonyms (Grouped by Similarity of Meaning) of verb extort
Sense 1
extort
=> take
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Sense 2
extort, squeeze, rack, gouge, wring
=> overcharge, soak, surcharge, gazump, fleece, plume, pluck, rob, hook
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Sense 3
extort, wring from
=> obtain
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Grep of verb extort
extort
Grep of adj extort
extortionate
Grep of adv extort
extortionately
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