Word "EXTORT" Definitions:


Part of Speech:
Verb
Definition:
get or cause to become in a difficult or laborious manner
Synonyms:
wring from

Part of Speech:
Verb
Definition:
obtain by coercion or intimidation
Synonyms:
gouge, rack, squeeze, wring
Examples:
They extorted money from the executive by threatening to reveal his past to the company boss

Part of Speech:
Verb
Definition:
obtain through intimidation

Crossword Clues for EXTORT

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What rot, Tex! Now you can wring it out! (6)
Demand money with menaces (6)
Former partner's wrong to secure things by intimidation (6)
It was wrong to gain by violence (6)
To obtain by force is no longer wrong in law! (6)
Is to do so no longer an offence? (6)
Gain by threats
To secure money by intimidation or violence (6)
Former partner and communist returning to force The Times Quick Cryptic 02 Nov 2023
Milk and old cake not finished The Times Cryptic 27 Oct 2023
Get by coercion New York Times 19 Jun 2023
Obtain by coercion The Guardian Quick 18 Jan 2023
Blackmail of former partner wrong? The Telegraph Cryptic 04 Nov 2022
Get via blackmail USA Today 02 Sep 2022
It's no longer a legal infringement, to be exact The Times Cryptic 28 Jun 2022
Blackmail previously upset communist The Guardian Quiptic 23 May 2022
Blackmail previously upset communist
Blackmail Thomas Joseph 11 May 2022
Shake down Newsday 12 Mar 2022
Take sample of Tex-Mex tortellini and milk, in a forceful way Irish Times Crosaire 26 Jul 2021
Coerce some money out of USA Today 16 Jul 2021
Squeeze money from New York Times 12 Jul 2021
Obtain by threatening Premier Sunday 11 Apr 2021
Get via threat New York Times 24 Feb 2021
Get by a threat LA Times Daily 24 Dec 2020
Get by a threat The Washington Post 24 Dec 2020
Obtain by force The Times Concise 22 Nov 2020
Obtain by coercion or intimidation Irish Times Simplex 19 Oct 2020
To obtain something (typically money) by force or threat The Times Specialist Sunday 27 Sep 2020
Blackmail former wife for wrong
Gain by blackmail Wall Street Journal 04 Aug 2020
“Till the injurious Romans did ____ / This tribute from us, we were free” (Shakespeare, Cymbeline) The Times Specialist Sunday 02 Aug 2020
Previous mate's crime to extract money
“Do not ____ thy reasons from this clause” (Twelfth Night) The Times Specialist Sunday 21 Jun 2020
Secure by intimidation in text or tweet
Shake down old revolutionary that's turned up
Blackmail Wall Street Journal 17 Sep 2019
Old partner turning red finds milk The Sun Two Speed 21 Jul 2019
Obtain by force The Sun Two Speed 21 Jul 2019
Obtain using threats or violence The Telegraph General Knowledge 23 Jun 2019
Squeeze discarded lover -- wrong! The Telegraph Cryptic 24 May 2019
Obtain by (threat of) force The Sun Two Speed 01 May 2019
Bleed old partner turning red? The Sun Two Speed 01 May 2019
Obtain through intimidation, as money LA Times Daily 18 Feb 2019
Obtain through intimidation, as money The Washington Post 18 Feb 2019
Extract found in Tex-Mex tortellini Irish Times Crosaire 01 Feb 2019
Obtain through intimidation, as money
Blackmail
Obtain by threats The Guardian Cryptic 24 Jul 2018
Of late, wrong to demand with menaces
Forcefully acquire gold held by former abstainer
Squeeze (from) Newsday 31 Mar 2018
Obtain by threats The Times Concise 15 Mar 2018
Key vote leftist returned to secure by intimidation
Characters text or ring, as told
To obtain by coercion is no longer illegal act
Extract money with menaces Irish Times Simplex 16 Oct 2017
Milk one loved before turning red?
Obtain by intimidation Newsday 12 Sep 2017
Forcibly get hold of dumped lover, a wrong act The Telegraph Toughie 08 Aug 2017
Acquire via blackmail New York Times 03 Aug 2017
Exact legal error attributed to former lover
Take by force New York Times 31 May 2017
Milk and old cake unfinished
Get by intimidation New York Times 01 Mar 2017
Blackmail Eugene Sheffer 28 Feb 2017
Acquire via blackmail
Get by intimidation
Take by force
Exact, though once wrong?
Local screw found in Tex-Mex tortellini Irish Times Crosaire 02 Sep 2016
Blackmail former partner? It's against the law! Irish Times Crosaire 10 Aug 2016
Shake down USA Today 17 Apr 2016
Obtain by coercion The Washington Post 26 Feb 2016
Wrong to be after old fleece
Obtain importunately The Telegraph Quick 14 Jan 2016
Blackmail former wife for wrong
With pressure, obtain earlier, final slice off cake The Telegraph Toughie 23 Oct 2015
Former partner given wrong milk
Gain by violence — formerly a wrongful act
Use a threat to get LA Times Daily 02 Jul 2015
Get by threat Newsday 15 Mar 2015
Get by threat
Use a threat to get
Blackmail's no longer wrong?
Obtain via threats
Squeeze for dough
Obtain via shakedown
Obtain via shakedown
Obtain via a shakedown
Obtain by a shakedown
Obtain by force
Blackmail
Get by coercion
Acquire by unsavory means
Squeeze
Obtain by force
Squeeze
Gouge
Obtain through intimidation
Gouge
Gouge
Obtain by force
Obtain by force
Obtain by coercion
Shake down
Act the racketeer, maybe
Obtain by coercion
Put the squeeze on
Bleed, with "from"
Squeeze for dough
Obtain via shakedown
Take forcibly
Blackmail
Obtain by force
Wrest by force
Gouge
Fleece by force
Obtain unfairly
Get by threat
Wrest
Exact (from).
Wring from.
Wrest (from).
Mulct.
Force payments.
Blackmail.
Get by blackmail
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