The practice of extorting money or other property by the use of force or threats.

plural of extortion

(transitive) To take or seize from an unwilling person by physical force, menace, duress, torture, or any undue or illegal exercise of power or ingenuity.

(obsolete) Wrongfully obtained.

present participle of extort

simple past tense and past participle of extort

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of extort

One who practices extortion.

plural of extorter

Involving, constituting or accomplished by extortion.