Extort is valid Scrabble Word

Is extort a scrabble word?
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6 letters word
13 points in Scrabble
13 points in WWF

Definitions for EXTORT in dictionary:

VERB:

to obtain something by violence or intimidation
obtain (something) by force, threats, or other unfair means
get (something) by force or threats
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.
To practice extortion.
obtain through intimidation
obtain by coercion or intimidation
get or cause to become in a difficult or laborious manner

PREPOSITION:

Extorted.

OTHER DEFINITIONS:

to obtain from a person by violence or intimidation

Words related to EXTORT

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Words that contain EXTORT

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How to use EXTORT in a sentence

Your circumstances, Sir, will not oblige you to extort violently from him what is in his hands.
I believe the priests extort a good deal of money from these good people.
Shall Austria extort from us by force What we denied to kindness and entreaty? MEYER.
More, he had threatened to bring an action for divorce against a woman to whom he knew he was not really married and made it a lever to extort large sums of money or their value.
Many Protestant nobles also attended the assembly, hoping to extort from the emperor some measures of toleration.
A new papal envoy, Master Martin, came to England to extort from the clergy money to enable Innocent to carry on his war against Frederick.
His absence will give me no pain, nor will his adoption by you extort from me one farthing for his future maintenance.
It was, indeed, no easy task to extort from a man who professed so much the simple question in black and white which could alone give value to his addresses.
We availed ourselves even of that, to make another essay to extort some sort of declaration from the court.
But not being able to extort anything out of them, as they were not the right persons that possessed any wealth, they at last resolved to torture them.

The law makes it a crime for any one to endeavor to extort money in this way, and no person so threatened should hesitate to apply to the police for protection.
There is nothing these wretches will not do, no place they will not invade, in order to extort money from their victims.
He did not extort his riches from the distresses and weaknesses of his fellow-men.
Besides, how could he be sure that Billy would not play upon his fears to extort further sums? And to explain the matter to them fully was more than he could endure.
Next morning the man made proposals to him to sell the watch, and tried by every species of threat and promise to extort it from him.
Secondly, because I would extort a little Praise from such who will never applaud any thing whose Author is known and certain.
He was even now planning to extort from his vacillating wife a written statement that should contradict any confession of hers to Isa and Lurton.
He did not extort the debt from the family of the poor mason, but collected it from the second husband of the widow, in response to a voluntary advertisement.
Moreover, men will be displeased at being valued by others less highly than by themselves, and will use force to extort respect.
Every province almost hath its sundry manner of torturing persones suspected for murder or even great crimes to extort from them a confession of the truth.
Since we had inadvertently crossed into Burma it appeared to them that it would be an opportune time to extort an increase of wages.
He had never failed, by means of them, to extort money from Lady Lisle at pleasure.
Belford, that he will not seek by law, or by any sort of violence, either by word or deed, to extort the performance from them.
Let them be plays and novels, or any thing else that will amuse or extort a smile.
The busy minister of state had done his political work so as to extort that tribute from one who had no sympathy with his religion.
She was weeping under great distress of mind, but it was hard for me to extort from her the reason why she wept.
He lured Hubert into his own private trap so as to get him laid up and extort money.

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