English to Hindi Dictionary

Hindi meaning of extort

extort

/verb/ धमकी देकर मांगना; निकलवाना; बलपूर्वक लेना; खींचकर निकालना; अपकर्षण करना; ऐंठना;

Synonym Extort; Exact; convulse;

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English Dictionary:

1. Extort

[p. p. & a.]

- Extorted.

2. Extort

[v. i.]

- To practice extortion.

3. Extort

[v. t.]

- 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.
- To get by the offense of extortion. See Extortion, 2.