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Verb extort has 3 senses
- extort - obtain through intimidation
--1 is one way to take
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s something from somebody
- extort, squeeze, rack, gouge, wring - 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"
--2 is one way to overcharge, soak, surcharge, gazump, fleece, plume, pluck, rob, hook
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s something from somebody
- extort, wring from - get or cause to become in a difficult or laborious manner
--3 is one way to obtain
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s something
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