extort(verb) get or cause to become in a difficult or laborious manner
(verb) obtain by coercion or intimidation; "They extorted money from the executive by threatening to reveal his past to the company boss"; "They squeezed money from the owner of the business by threatening him"
(verb) obtain through intimidation
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