verb🔗ShareExtorquerTo take or seize off an unwilling person by physical force, menace, duress, torture, or any undue or illegal exercise of power or ingenuity"to extort a promise"extorquer une promessepolicegovernmentlawactioninhumanstateChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareExtorquerTo obtain by means of the offense of extortion."The bully was extorting lunch money from the younger students by threatening to beat them up. "Le tyran extorquait de l'argent de poche aux jeunes élèves en menaçant de les frapper.lawgovernmentpoliceguiltmoralChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareTordre vers l'extérieurTo twist outwards."The bully was extorting lunch money from the younger kids by threatening to beat them up. "L'intimidateur extorquait de l'argent pour le déjeuner aux plus jeunes en menaçant de les frapper.lawpolicegovernmentChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading