English-German translations for extort

• erpressen
  Bedenken Sie, dass es in diesen Gebieten täglich nur eine Stunde Strom gibt und terroristische Gruppierungen Schutzgelder erpressen, um Lieferungen von Arzneimitteln passieren zu lassen. Bear in mind that in those areas electricity is only available for an hour a day and terrorist groups extort protection money to let medicines through.

Definition of extort

• To take or seize off an unwilling person by physical force, menace, duress, torture, or any undue or illegal exercise of power or ingenuity
• To obtain by means of the offense of extortion
• To twist outwards

Synonyms

• wrench
• tear
• wring
• exact

Examples

• to extort contributions from the vanquished
• to extort confessions of guilt
• to extort a promise
• to extort payment of a debt

Related words

• extortionate
• extortion
• extortioner
• extortionist
• sextortion
• antiextortion