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| has gloss | (verb) obtain by coercion or intimidation; "They extorted money from the executive by threatening to reveal his past to the company boss"; "They squeezed money from the owner of the business by threatening him" rack, extort, gouge, wring, squeeze |
| lexicalization | eng: extort |
| lexicalization | eng: gouge |
| lexicalization | eng: rack |
| lexicalization | eng: squeeze |
| lexicalization | eng: wring |
| subclass of | (verb) rip off; ask an unreasonable price hook, soak, pluck, gazump, plume, surcharge, rob, fleece, overcharge |
| has subclass | (verb) get or extort (money or other possessions) from someone; "They bled me dry--I have nothing left!" bleed |
| Meaning | |
|---|---|
| Catalan | |
| lexicalization | cat: extorsionar |
| Welsh | |
| lexicalization | cym: cribddeilio |
| Danish | |
| lexicalization | dan: udpresse |
| French | |
| lexicalization | fra: extorquer |
| Italian | |
| lexicalization | ita: estorcere |
| Latin | |
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| lexicalization | lat: extorquere |
| Neapolitan | |
| lexicalization | nap: sprémmere |
| Novial | |
| lexicalization | nov: klema |
| Portuguese | |
| lexicalization | por: extorquir |
| Castilian | |
| lexicalization | spa: extorsionar |
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