The crook was trying to extort a lot of money from the widow by selling her a worthless insurance policy.
•The authorities caught the accounting firm trying to extort a great deal of money from the bank.
Dictionary of American idioms. 2013.
extort — ex·tort /ik stȯrt/ vt [Latin extortus, past participle of extorquere to remove by twisting, obtain by force, from ex out + torquere to twist]: to obtain (as money) from a person by force, intimidation, or undue or unlawful use of authority or… … Law dictionary
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extort — ex|tort [ıkˈsto:t US o:rt] v [T] [Date: 1400 1500; : Latin; Origin: , past participle of extorquere, from torquere to twist ] to illegally force someone to give you something, especially money, by threatening them →↑blackmail extort sth from sb ▪ … Dictionary of contemporary English
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