及物动词
1. 敲诈;勒索
If someone extorts money from you, they get it from you using force, threats, or other unfair or illegal means.
2. 强取;逼取
If someone extorts something from you, they get it from you with difficulty or by using unfair means.
1. get or cause to become in a difficult or laborious manner
Synonym: wring from
2. obtain by coercion or intimidation
e.g. 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
Synonym: squeezerackgougewring
3. obtain through intimidation