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extort

verb

/ɪkˈstɔːrt/

Meaning

to obtain something, especially money, by force, threats, or unfair means

The gang attempted to extort money from local shopkeepers.

extort a confession

blackmail, coerce, force, demand, squeeze

offer, give, volunteer

extort money, extort confession, extort payment, extort bribe

to make calm or still; to deprive a sailing vessel of wind

To make something greater by adding to it; to increase.

to push or shake someone or something abruptly and roughly

To regularly increase or decrease.

to make a hole or holes through something

to be an omen of a particular outcome, often something bad