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extortverb to get (as money) by the use of force or threatsa school bully who was used to extorting lunch money from weaker kids exact, wrest, wring bleed, fleece, gouge, milk, skin, squeezecheat, gyp, racketeer, swindlecoerce, compel, force educe, evoke, elicit, extract, extort mean to draw out something hidden, latent, or reserved.educe implies the bringing out of something potential or latent.educed order out of chaos evoke implies a strong stimulus that arouses an emotion or an interest or recalls an image or memory.a song that evokes warm memories elicit usually implies some effort or skill in drawing forth a response.careful questioning elicited the truth extract implies the use of force or pressure in obtaining answers or information.extracted a confession from him extort suggests a wringing or wresting from one who resists strongly.extorted their cooperation by threatening to inform in the 15th century |