verb
- to obtain something, especially money, through force or threats
Examples
- The criminals tried to extort money from the wealthy businessman.
- She was arrested for attempting to extort information from government officials.
- The gang would extort protection money from local shop owners.
- He threatened to extort a confession through intimidation.
- The corrupt official was known to extort bribes from citizens.
- They used blackmail to extort sensitive documents from the company.