Definizione monolingua

extort

extort (third-person singular simple present extorts, present participle extorting, simple past and past participle extorted)

1. (transitive) To wrest from an unwilling person by physical force, menace, duress, torture, or any undue or illegal exercise of power or ingenuity; to wrench away (from); to tear away; to wring (from); to exact; as, to extort contributions from the vanquished; to extort confessions of guilt; to extort a promise; to extort payment of a debt.
2. (transitive, law) To obtain by means of the offense of extortion.

Definizione dizionario extort

	estorcere
	To gain money, a promise, etc. by compulsion or violence.

carpire

strappare

Altri significati:

(transitive) To wrest from an unwilling person by physical force, menace, duress, torture, or any undue or illegal exercise of power or ingenuity; to wrench away (from); to tear away; to wring (from); to exact; as, to extort contributions from the vanquished; to extort confessions of guilt; to extort a promise; to extort payment of a debt.

(transitive, law) To obtain by means of the offense of extortion.