EXTORT

PRONUNCIATION: (ik-STORT)

MEANING: verb tr.: To obtain something by psychological pressure, intimidation, force, threat, etc.

ETYMOLOGY: From Latin extorquere (to wrench out), from ex- (out) + torquere (to twist). Earliest documented use: 1529.
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EXTART - reformed prostitute

EXTORY - disgruntled British Conservatory

EXCORT - like Exchequer, Queens Bench, and Common Pleas, since the Judicature Act of 1873