extortion

C1 Topic:Money & Finance

US /ɪkˈstɔɹʃən/ UK /ɪkˈstɔːʃən/ See IPA manual

Freq #11413

Meanings

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noun
The crime of getting money or property from someone by using threats or force.

The gang was charged with extortion after threatening local shop owners.

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Word family

Forms extortions

Etymology

From Anglo-Norman extorcion, extorcioun, extorsioun, from Late Latin extortiō, from extorqueō.

*terkʷ- Proto-Indo-European extorcion xno extortiō la-lat

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