extort

extort /iks'tɔ:t/
  • ngoại động từ
    • bóp nặn, tống (tiền); moi (lời thú, lời hứa...)
    • nặn ra (một nghĩa...)

Xem thêm: squeeze, rack, gouge, wring, wring from



extort

Từ điển WordNet

    v.

  • obtain through intimidation
  • obtain by coercion or intimidation; squeeze, rack, gouge, wring

    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

  • get or cause to become in a difficult or laborious manner; wring from

English Synonym and Antonym Dictionary

extorts|extorted|extorting
syn.: gouge rack squeeze wring wring from