extort
Verb
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referred to in: crime, criminal offence, criminal offense, law-breaking - (criminal law) an act punishable by law; usually considered an evil actis a type of: take - take by forcesubtypes: blackmail - obtain through threats
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is a type of: fleece, gazump, hook, overcharge, pluck, plume, rob, soak, surcharge - rip off; ask an unreasonable pricesubtypes: bleed - get or extort (money or other possessions) from someone
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is a type of: obtain - come into possession ofsame as: wring from
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