extort

/ɪkˈstɔː(ɹ)t/

verb

Meaning

To 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"
To obtain by means of the offense of extortion.
To twist outwards.

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adjective

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