extort
verb
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
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- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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Senses
Sense 1 verb
obtain through intimidation
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Sense 2 verb
obtain by coercion or intimidation
They extorted money from the executive by threatening to reveal his past to the company boss
Types & categories
Related & opposite
- extortion derivation
- power play derivation
- swindler derivation
- extortion derivation
Sense 3 verb
get or cause to become in a difficult or laborious manner
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| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | extortion |
| 1 | domain topic | Related & opposite | crime |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | take |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | blackmail |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | extortion |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | power play |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | swindler |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | extortion |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | plume |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | bleed |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | obtain |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | prise |