extortions

Meaning of extortions

plural noun
  1. the practice of obtaining something, especially money, through force or threats.
    he used bribery and extortion to build himself a huge, art-stuffed mansion
    extortion rackets

Middle English: from late Latin extortio(n- ), from Latin extorquere ‘wrest’ (see extort).

Information about extortions

  • It is a name.
  • The singular form of extortions is: extortion.
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Hyphenation of extortions

ex-tor-tions

  • It consists of 3 syllables and 10 chars.
  • extortions is a word trisyllabic because it has three syllables

extortions synonyms

Meaning the action of demanding and obtaining something from someone, especially a payment:

exaction

Meaning the action of extracting something, especially using effort or force:

extraction

Meaning the action, treated as a criminal offence, of demanding payment or another benefit from someone in return for not revealing compromising or damaging information about them:

blackmail

Meaning another term for shake-up:

shakedown

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