Extortion - English meaning

Extortion – definitions in English dictionary

noun
The practice of obtaining something, especially money, through force or threats.
Usage examples:
He used bribery and extortion to build himself a huge, art-stuffed mansion
Synonims:
Demanding money with menaces Exaction Extraction Blackmail Shakedown

noun
The act of getting something, especially money, by force or threats
Usage examples:
He was found guilty of obtaining the money by extortion., she's trying to protect her son from exto…

Extortion translation into English

Extortion: translate from English into Chinese

敲诈勒索, 诛求

Extortion: translate from English into Dutch

Afpersing, Knevelarij, Afzetterij

Extortion: translate from English into French

Extorsion, Exaction

Extortion: translate from English into German

Erpressung

Extortion: translate from English into Hindi

ज़बरदस्ती वसूली, ऐंठना, धमकी देकर मांगना, अपकर्षण, बलाद्ग्रहण

Extortion: translate from English into Italian

Estorsione, Concussione

Extortion: translate from English into Korean

강요, 터무니없는 에누리

Extortion: translate from English into Russian

Вымогательство, Назначение грабительских цен

Extortion: translate from English into Spanish

Extorsión, Concusión, Extensión

Word origin

Middle English: from late Latin extortio(n- ), from Latin extorquere ‘wrest’ (see extort).

Study English words for free

Worder is a free project where you can save words, add translations and study English words.

In order to use our service, you need a free account. You can sign in or sign up an account right now. You can use it in our application afterward.

* The project is being actively developed right now. So, not all functions are available, but we update it regularly.

Extortion – similar words

extorting

verb
Obtain (something) by force, threats, or other unfair means.
Usage examples:
He attempted to extort money from the company

verb
Present participle of extort
Usage examples:
He had been extorting money from the old lady for years., police have not so far been able to extor…

Extorting - all meanings in English

extorted

verb
Obtain (something) by force, threats, or other unfair means.
Usage examples:
He attempted to extort money from the company

verb
Past simple and past participle of extort
Usage examples:
He had been extorting money from the old lady for years., police have not so far been able to extor…

Extorted - all meanings in English

extort

verb
Obtain (something) by force, threats, or other unfair means.
Usage examples:
He attempted to extort money from the company

verb
To obtain by force or threat
Usage examples:
The gang is accused of extorting money from local store owners., he was found guilty of extortion.

verb
To get something, especially money, from someone by using force or threats
Usage examples:
Extort sth from sb the claim was that he had extorted money from the ceo by threatening to publish …

Extort - all meanings in English

Extortion synonims

blackmail

noun
The action, treated as a criminal offence, of demanding payment or another benefit from someone in return for not revealing compromising or damaging information about them.
Usage examples:
They were acquitted of charges of blackmail

verb
Demand money or another benefit from (someone) in return for not revealing compromising or damaging information about them.
Usage examples:
They use this fact to blackmail him, trying to force him to vote for their candidate

Blackmail - all meanings in English

exaction

noun
The action of demanding and obtaining something from someone, especially a payment.
Usage examples:
He supervised the exaction of tolls at various ports

noun
The act of demanding and getting something, sometimes using force or threats, or an example of this
Usage examples:
Exaction of any exaction of money or property was prohibited by law., these exactions sometimes led…

Exaction - all meanings in English

extraction

noun
The action of extracting something, especially using effort or force.
Usage examples:
Mineral extraction

noun
The process of removing or taking out something
Usage examples:
[ c ] a tooth extraction, [ u ] she is of korean extraction.

noun
The process of removing a substance from the ground or from another substance
Usage examples:
The local economy is overwhelmingly dependent on oil and gas extraction., hard-rock mining refers t…

Extraction - all meanings in English

shakedown

noun
Another term for shake-up.
Usage examples:
A major british monarchy shakedown

Shakedown - all meanings in English

My Worder

Please register or authorize in order to use all the features of our service.

Our statistic

🙏 Support our free project clicking on the ads below:

Learn English words everywhere!

All our English words and phrases are available for learning for free in our mobile application.

We also provide a browser extension which allows you to find words in our database right in your browser.

Or simply scan this code: