extortion C1 Topic:Money & Finance US /ɪkˈstɔɹʃən/ UK /ɪkˈstɔːʃən/ See IPA manual Freq #11413 Meanings 1 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. Thesaurus Word family Forms extortions Etymology AI details From Anglo-Norman extorcion, extorcioun, extorsioun, from Late Latin extortiō, from extorqueō. *terkʷ- Proto-Indo-European extorcion xno extortiō la-lat View etymology graph -> Topics Money & Finance Word Formation & Derivatives External links Cambridge Dictionary Wiktionary Google Images # extortion **Type:** Word **Level:** C1 **Part of speech:** noun **IPA (US):** /ɪkˈstɔɹʃən/ **IPA (UK):** /ɪkˈstɔːʃən/ **Frequency rank:** 11413 ## Meanings 1. The crime of getting money or property from someone by using threats or force. ## Examples - The gang was charged with extortion after threatening local shop owners. ## Roots and Affixes - Root: *terkʷ- - Root: extorcion - Root: extortiō ## Etymology From Anglo-Norman extorcion, extorcioun, extorsioun, from Late Latin extortiō, from extorqueō. ## AI Etymology Extortion is from Anglo-Norman extorcion, extorcioun, extorsioun, from Late Latin extortiō, from extorqueō. Important historical forms include Proto-Indo-European *terkʷ-, Anglo-Norman extorcion, and Late Latin extortiō. In present-day use, it means the crime of getting money or property from someone by using threats or force. ## Topics - Money & Finance - Word Formation & Derivatives markdown