Synonyms for extort
ɪkˈstɔrtex·tort

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1. extort

   Synonyms:
   claim, command, deny, enforce, exact, insist, refuse, reject

   Antonyms:
   ask, beg, beseech, crave, demand, entreat, implore, petition, pray, request, require, solicit, supplicate

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1. extort

   Synonyms:
   wring, despoil, fleece, exact, express, squeeze out, wrench, wrest, extract

   Antonyms:
   coax, wheedle, cajole, cheat

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1. extortverb

   obtain through intimidation

   Synonyms:
   rack, wring from, wring, gouge, squeeze

2. extort, squeeze, rack, gouge, wringverb

   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"

   Synonyms:
   pressure, crush, scud, coerce, rack, contort, thrust, press, twitch, wring from, rout, gouge, tweet, embrace, force, shove, single-foot, torment, twinge, compress, hug, wrench, contract, excruciate, stuff, distort, squeeze, squash, compact, pinch, wring, hale, mash, torture, force out, bosom, wedge, deform, squelch, constrict

3. extort, wring fromverb

   get or cause to become in a difficult or laborious manner

   Synonyms:
   rack, wring from, wring, gouge, squeeze

Matched Categories

1. • Crime
   • Obtain
   • Take

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1. extortverb

   Synonyms:
   exact, wrest, wring, wrench, force, get by force

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1. List of paraphrases for "extort":

   extract, blackmail

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How to use extort in a sentence?

1. Smart Joel:

   Police officers will stop you and then get you arrested. Extort money from you and begin to call you names, that is not what the law talks about. They tend to harass.

2. Manager Tahsin Yasin:

   We are dealing with a completely unprofessional mafia who are there simply to extort as much as they can while in office.

3. Manager Tahsin Yasin:

   Illegal tax collection did happen under Yanukovich. Luckily it didn't affect us then, but they are targeting us now despite supposed reforms, we are dealing with a completely unprofessional mafia who are there simply to extort as much as they can while in office.

4. Thomas Lynch:

   There is no other legitimate and reliable way to do that. You can't do it by air, you can't do it through Pakistan because they just extort for everything they do, the lifeline runs through Chabahar.

5. Keith Fink:

   The company has engaged in an invasion of Mr. Charney's privacy in a shameful attempt to extort him and gain leverage over him.