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Pronunciation:
[ ɛkstˈɔːt], [ ɛkstˈɔːt], [ ɛ_k_s_t_ˈɔː_t]
Extortion is a criminal offense that involves obtaining money, property or services by using force or threats. The word extort has a range of synonyms that describe the similar acts of blackmail, coerce, bully, threaten, and intimidate. These words are often used interchangeably with extort and each carries slightly different shades of meaning. The term blackmail implies the use of personal information or secrets to extort money or favors. To coerce someone is to use force or manipulation to make them comply with your demands. Bullying and insisting carry the implication of using insults or verbal abuse to intimidate and demand compliance. Threatening and intimidating imply the use of fear or threats to gain control over someone or something.
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Similar words for extort:
- other relevant words (noun)
- blackmail (verb)
- draw (verb)
- educe (verb)
- elicit (verb)
- enforce (verb)
- evoke (verb)
- exact (verb)
- extort (verb)
- extract (verb)
- fine (verb)
- force (verb)
- get (verb)
- inflict (verb)
- milk (verb)
- other relevant words (verb)
- pry (verb)
- screw (verb)
- squeeze (verb)
- steal (verb)
- swindle (verb)
- other synonyms
- draw
- extract
- inflict
- other relevant words
- other relevant words (noun)
Synonyms for Extort:
n.
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- case,
- counterfeit,
- abet.
- gouge,
- wring from,
- bleed,
- rack.
v.
• blackmail (verb) • draw (verb)- stretch,
- attenuate,
- choose,
- elongate,
- select,
- pick,
- lengthen,
- single out,
- pull out,
- respire,
- drain,
- suck.
- reason,
- excogitate,
- drag,
- deduce,
- develop,
- pull,
- procure,
- distill,
- infer,
- come out,
- draw out,
- gain,
- conclude,
- evolve,
- derive.
- dictate,
- require,
- prosecute,
- exert,
- constrain,
- fulfill,
- discharge,
- stress,
- emphasize,
- oblige,
- make,
- invoke,
- impose,
- execute,
- hound,
- goad,
- lash,
- drive,
- accomplish,
- commandeer,
- administer,
- effect,
- reinforce,
- implement,
- carry out,
- incite,
- apply,
- administrate,
- expect,
- urge,
- strong-arm,
- strain,
- whip,
- egg on,
- support,
- perform,
- fortify,
- spur,
- sanction,
- impel,
- press.
- secure,
- stick,
- clip,
- bully,
- pinch,
- sting,
- demand,
- wrench,
- hold up,
- evince,
- coerce,
- pull one's leg,
- make pay through nose.
- tear,
- eke out,
- cull,
- reap,
- extirpate,
- avulse,
- pick up,
- separate,
- garner,
- yank,
- glean,
- siphon,
- press out,
- weed out,
- extricate,
- eradicate,
- express,
- gather,
- catheterize,
- evulse,
- withdraw,
- uproot.
- sequestrate,
- confiscate,
- mulct,
- seize,
- alienate,
- tax,
- amerce,
- punish.
- bring pressure bear up on,
- brings pressure bear up on,
- un-does,
- over coming,
- bare hard on,
- un done,
- brought pressure bear upon,
- breaking open,
- busting open,
- breaks open,
- un-doing,
- cracks open,
- bring pressure bear upon,
- bearing hard on,
- busts open,
- brought pressure bear up on,
- un does,
- brake open,
- bringing pressure to bear up on,
- bore hard on,
- de-filing,
- brought pressure to bear up on,
- over-comes,
- de filed,
- de-file,
- bringing pressure bear up on,
- re-strict,
- cracking open,
- de file,
- over-coming,
- de-files,
- un-did,
- bringing pressure bear upon,
- de files,
- re strict,
- bears hard on,
- busted open,
- brought pressure to bear upon,
- concusses,
- brings pressure to bear up on,
- brings pressure bear upon,
- de-filed,
- putting squeeze on,
- bring pressure to bear up on,
- beared hard on,
- brings pressure to bear upon,
- over come,
- un doing,
- bringing pressure to bear upon,
- puts squeeze on,
- un did,
- pinned down,
- over comes,
- de filing.
- buys in to,
- cashed in on,
- getting hands on,
- buy in to,
- make buy,
- cashing on,
- cashes on,
- making a buy,
- snapping up,
- buying in to,
- cashing in on,
- got hands on,
- buys out,
- made a buy,
- cashed on,
- makes a buy,
- cleaning up,
- gat hands on,
- made buy,
- made a killing,
- gotten hands on,
- making buy,
- make killing,
- made killing,
- bought in to,
- makes killing,
- bought into,
- makes buy,
- snapped up,
- succeeding to,
- succeeds to,
- making a killing,
- cashes in on,
- making killing,
- cash on,
- succeeded to,
- buying into,
- buying out,
- makes a killing,
- bought out,
- gets hands on,
- buys into.
- de liver,
- lays down the law,
- de-livers,
- ex-posing,
- bring up on,
- sticking to,
- sticked it to,
- gave it to,
- brought up on,
- ex posed,
- lay down law,
- de livers,
- ex-posed,
- sticked to,
- lays down law,
- laying down law,
- brings upon,
- laying down the law,
- de livered,
- bringing upon,
- de-livering,
- de livering,
- brings up on,
- laid down law,
- deals out,
- laid down the law,
- de-liver,
- gives it to,
- stuck it to,
- bringing up on,
- gave to,
- brought upon,
- de-livered,
- ex-pose,
- ex pose,
- sticks it to,
- sticking it to,
- giving it to,
- gives to.
- imposing on,
- takes advantage,
- lets out,
- draws off,
- imposes on,
- drew off,
- imposed on,
- took advantage,
- letted out.
- dis-engages,
- up-rears,
- dis joins,
- dis-joins,
- dis engages,
- up-raise,
- dis-engaging,
- up-lift,
- up lifted,
- dis engaged,
- dis-joined,
- up rear,
- up raising,
- up lifts,
- up raised,
- dis-engage,
- dis-engaged,
- dis engage,
- dis-join,
- up-lifting,
- up-rear,
- up-raising,
- up raise,
- up-raised,
- dis joining,
- up lifting,
- dis join,
- up lift,
- up rearing,
- dis engaging,
- up-raises,
- up rears,
- up-lifted,
- up-rearing,
- up-reared,
- up-lifts,
- dis-joining,
- dis joined.
- de-fraud,
- de fraud,
- de-frauds,
- hold knife to,
- held knife to,
- holding knife to,
- holds knife to,
- holds a knife to,
- held a knife to,
- holding a knife to,
- de frauds.
- bringing pressure bear,
- brought pressure bear,
- bringing pressure to bear,
- brought pressure to bear,
- brings pressure bear,
- brings pressure to bear,
- bring pressure bear.
- abstract,
- lift,
- loot,
- embezzle,
- heist,
- nip,
- plagiarize,
- pilfer,
- grab,
- plunder,
- hijack,
- swipe,
- cop,
- pirate,
- rustle,
- haul,
- filch,
- defraud,
- shanghai,
- shoplift,
- stickup,
- mug,
- palm,
- burglarize,
- pocket,
- poach,
- holdup,
- steal.
- pulled fast one,
- takes the cleaners,
- runs game on,
- selling bill of goods,
- take cleaners,
- running a game on,
- taking for a ride,
- pulling a fast one,
- over-charged,
- pulling fast one,
- sells a bill goods,
- takes for ride,
- took to cleaners,
- taking the cleaners,
- puts one over on,
- take the cleaners,
- selling a bill of goods,
- over-charging,
- ran game on,
- runs a game on,
- pulled a fast one,
- sells bill of goods,
- sells bill goods,
- over charge,
- over charging,
- run game on,
- took for ride,
- takes to cleaners,
- selling a bill goods,
- over charged,
- sold bill of goods,
- took for a ride,
- takes cleaners,
- taking to cleaners,
- sold a bill of goods,
- running game on,
- took to the cleaners,
- taking to the cleaners,
- sell a bill goods,
- sells a bill of goods,
- over-charge,
- sell bill of goods,
- stiffing,
- taking cleaners,
- over-charges,
- takes to the cleaners,
- ran a game on,
- sell bill goods,
- selling bill goods,
- pulls fast one,
- sold a bill goods,
- over charges,
- sold bill goods,
- took the cleaners,
- took cleaners,
- pulls a fast one,
- takes for a ride,
- putting one over on.
Other synonyms:
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- pass.
- pressing out,
- Extracting,
- catheterizes,
- siphoned,
- Catheterized,
- weeding out,
- Catheterizing,
- siphoning.
- Subjecting,
- stuck to,
- giving to,
- stick it to,
- mete out,
- lay down the law,
- stick to,
- deal out,
- dealing out,
- bring upon,
- meted out,
- metes out,
- give to,
- sticks to,
- dealt out,
- Subjected,
- give it to,
- meting out.
- enforce,
- lever,
- put into effect,
- took out,
- Postulating,
- giving rise to,
- make pay,
- pull a fast one,
- draw,
- blackmail,
- take to the cleaners,
- break open,
- Dragooned,
- hold a knife to,
- squeeze,
- insist,
- sconce,
- Evolved,
- cleaned up,
- cleans up,
- conscripted,
- evoked,
- bring pressure to bear upon,
- accessing,
- accessed,
- dragoons,
- pay through the nose,
- gives rise to,
- dragoon,
- locked up,
- screw,
- cracked open,
- draw off,
- exact,
- pressurizes,
- called up,
- evoke,
- bring pressure to bear,
- levy,
- Shotguns,
- Shafted,
- Suckering,
- fine,
- give rise to,
- called forth,
- snaps up,
- Shafting,
- make a killing,
- extorts,
- stirred up,
- let out,
- pinning down,
- slap with,
- thinking out,
- Copped,
- concuss,
- cash in on,
- stiffs,
- pry,
- Suckered,
- leaning on,
- drawing off,
- taking advantage,
- letting out,
- put screws to,
- milk,
- scamming,
- call forth,
- put over on,
- swindle,
- thought out,
- Reamed,
- hit with,
- stiffed,
- impose on,
- extract,
- lay on,
- calls up,
- taking for ride,
- force upon,
- sandbag,
- shotgunned,
- crack down,
- bear hard on,
- get hands on,
- arm-twisting,
- call up,
- bringing forth,
- concussed,
- hold to ransom,
- Exerted,
- take to cleaners,
- calling forth,
- levering,
- stirs up,
- taking out,
- pressurizing,
- sandbagging,
- sandbags,
- extort,
- arm-twist,
- overcharge,
- pin down,
- lock up,
- calling up,
- pins down,
- stirring up,
- snap up,
- put squeeze on,
- lean on,
- laid on,
- sconces,
- Levied,
- crack open,
- clean up,
- obtrude,
- Dragooning,
- forced upon,
- put muscle on,
- buy out,
- put the shake on,
- wrenching,
- shotgunning,
- think out,
- pressurized,
- make a buy,
- educe,
- take for a ride,
- insist on,
- conscripting,
- wrest,
- copping,
- put the arm on,
- stir up,
- strong arm,
- scammed,
- lays on,
- wring,
- Gouging,
- succeed to,
- sandbagged,
- run a game on,
- laying on,
- locking up,
- put one over on,
- buy into,
- inflict,
- force,
- broke open,
- pressurize,
- necessitate,
- get,
- insist upon,
- concussing,
- bust open,
- pull fast one,
- throw book at,
- shotgun,
- gave rise to,
- levered,
- sell a bill of goods,
- bring forth,
- take advantage,
- shake down.
- thieve,
- close in on,
- compress,
- crib,
- contract,
- excruciate,
- misunderstanding,
- bleed white,
- bleeding,
- extortion,
- bind over,
- aberration,
- untrue,
- lapse,
- snatch,
- grub up,
- move about,
- rake together,
- single-foot,
- get out,
- rend from,
- tie down,
- blunder,
- defect,
- ask,
- deviation,
- curtail,
- annex,
- profiteer,
- alter,
- root out,
- racketeering,
- clamor for,
- tear out,
- contort,
- take from,
- inaccurate,
- rip,
- errors,
- cry for,
- scud,
- retrench,
- grasp,
- bosom,
- tear off,
- mutilate,
- deprive of,
- And,
- force out,
- take away from,
- ice,
- root up,
- order,
- rip out,
- sponge,
- enjoin,
- bereave,
- error,
- winkle out,
- restrain,
- deface,
- improper,
- Unroot,
- stuff,
- compact,
- drag into,
- boost,
- bag,
- rend,
- delusion,
- make off with,
- appropriate,
- warn,
- jemmy,
- rake up,
- oversight,
- borrow,
- skin,
- order up,
- wedge,
- shove,
- press for,
- disfigure,
- dispossess,
- deform,
- distort,
- prise,
- scrounge,
- pick out,
- mistake,
- false,
- dig up,
- rip off,
- deduct,
- ask for,
- Disseize,
- take out,
- rake out,
- covet,
- turn,
- incorrect,
- guilt,
- miss,
- dredge,
- put in force,
- fallacious,
- indent,
- Averruncate,
- walk off with,
- falsify,
- exploit,
- snitch,
- grub out,
- purloin,
- bind,
- worm,
- demerit,
- run away with,
- erroneous,
- wrong,
- twinge,
- snare,
- close to,
- crime,
- fallacy,
- inaccuracy,
- wring out,
- bilk,
- crush,
- fault,
- confusion,
- torment,
- disinherit,
- falsehood,
- call for,
- appeal to,
- annexe.
How to use "Extort" in context?
The word "extort" is defined as the practice of obtaining something by threatening to take it or to inflict a penalty. In contemporary usage, "extort" can also refer to the use of abusive or coercive language or actions to get someone to do something they do not want to do.
Extortion is a crime that is typically committed by someone who has power over someone else. The threat of violence or the use of threats of violence can often be enough to get someone to do what the abuser wants. This is especially true if the person is intimidated or fears for their safety.
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