extort
verb
[ ɪkˈstɔːt ]
• obtain (something) by force, threats, or other unfair means.
• "he attempted to extort money from the company"
Similar:
force,
obtain by force,
obtain by threat(s),
blackmail someone for,
extract,
exact,
coerce,
wring,
wrest,
screw,
squeeze,
milk,
worm something out of someone,
put the bite on someone for,
rack,
Origin:
early 16th century: from Latin extort- ‘wrested’, from the verb extorquere, from ex- ‘out’ + torquere ‘to twist’.
