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The correct spelling is extorting.
How to pronounce extorting
verb
Say it like: Ext-ort-ing
The correct spelling is extorting. To take or seize off an unwilling person by physical force, menace, duress, torture, or any undue or illegal exercise of power or ingenuity For example: "to extort a promise"
Usage Examples
“to extort a promise”
Definition
verb
- 1.To take or seize off an unwilling person by physical force, menace, duress, torture, or any undue or illegal exercise of power or ingenuity
- 2.To obtain by means of the offense of extortion.
- 3.To twist outwards.
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