extorting
present participle ofextort
extort
verb[T]
uk/ɪkˈstɔːt/us/ɪkˈstɔːrt/to get something byforceorthreats, or withdifficulty:
He had been extortingmoneyfromtheoldladyforyears.
Policehave not sofarbeenableto extort aconfessionfromthepeopleaccusedof thebombing.
Getting, receiving and accepting
- acquire
- acquisition
- awardee
- carve
- carvesomethingout (foryourself)
- draw
- earn
- get out ofsomething
- get/lay/putyourhands onsomeoneidiom
- glom ontosomething/someone
- go tosomeone
- honoree
- score
- screwsomethingout ofsomeone
- secure
- seize
- seize on/uponsomething
- snapsomethingup
- snatch
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In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use.
However, news reports indicate that police forces were more interested in mounting illegal checkpoints andextortingbribes from civilians than in maintaining law and order.
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In addition to armed robbery, these gangs ran protection rackets,extortingmoney from business people and traders as well as attacking their customers.
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Those officers were charged with having robbed those people,extortingmoney from them in consideration for not reporting them.
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This trade has been getting away withextortinghuge sums of money from unsuspecting motorists for a long time.
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It was simply putting on a clamp andextortingmoney from innocent car owners.
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He may have been a bad debtor, but this is evidence of the length to which the practice is being taken inextortingpayment.
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It is a cartel, explicit or implicit, which has beenextortingmoney from travellers for donkeys' years just to keep national airlines in existence.
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He was charged withextortingmoney with menaces.
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He has just spoken again aboutextortinga further £80 million from industry and putting a further burden upon it.
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If you really propose to make tariffs a reality you must use them forextortingconcessions from other countries.
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They exist in the home,extortingfear, submission and subservience from women who are deprived of their independence.
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It is a small matter, but there is something in the point that not all agreements are connected withextortingthe maximum price from the public.
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That old woman is generally some big company or trust which has invested money in property, and which isextortingthe last farthing and shilling out of the tenants.
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It is his duty, when he isextortingcontributions week by week from the wages of poor people, to see that they receive the proper benefits they are paying for.
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The bishop was further charged withextortingmoney from his clergy on his visitations.
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