extort

/ɪkˈstɔːt/ verb [T]

Definition

› to get something, especially money, from someone by using force or threats: extort sth from sb The claim was that he had extorted money from the CEO by threatening to publish details of his private life.

extortion noun [U] › He has been found guilty on two charges of extortion and now faces a jail sentence.

(Definition of extort verb from the Cambridge Business English Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

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