extortion

The practice of extorting money or other property by the use of force or threats.

Noun

  1. The practice of extorting money or other property by the use of force or threats.
    • Heck, what's a little extortion among friends? - 1986 February 17, Bill Watterson, Calvin & Hobbes (comic):

Origin

From Anglo-Norman extorcion, extorcioun, extorsioun, from Late Latin extortiō, from extorqueō. By surface analysis, extort + -ion.

Forms

extortions

Related

extortionary extortionate extortive

Derived

antiextortion cryptoviral extortion cyberextortion extortioner extortionist extortionous nonextortion sextortion double extortion