Extort

Part of speech: verb (v.)

1. 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.

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

Part of speech: verb (v.)

To practice extortion. [Obs.] Spenser.

Part of speech: participle (p.)

Extorted. [Obs.] Spenser.