- Types Of Speech
- You can use extort as a verb in a sentence.
- About Extort
- A 2 syllables verb and 6 letters with the letters e, o, r, t, and x, 4 consonants, 2 vowels and 2 syllables with the middle letters to. Extort starts with a vowel and ends in a consonant with the starting letters e, ex, ext, exto, extor, and the ending characters are t, rt, ort, tort, xtort, ..
- Definition
- Get or cause to become in a difficult or laborious manner
- Origin/Roots
- Latin
- School Grade
- Extort is set as a sat word that starts with e, ends with t, 2 syllables, 2 vowels and 6 letters.
- Scrabble
- Is extort a scrabble word? A 13 point word in scrabble. Check the word games tab below for probability, odds and more.
- Pig Latin
- Extort in Pig Latin is said as "extortay or extortway".
- Unigram
- e | x | t | o | r | t
- Bigram
- ex | xt | to | or | rt
- Trigram
- ext | xto | tor | ort
- Quadrigram
- exto | xtor | tort
- Word Gram
- Verb Examples
- get or cause to become in a difficult or laborious manner
- 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" - obtain through intimidation
Synonym | Definition |
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Abstract | a concept or idea not associated with any specific instance "he loved her only in the abstract--not in person" |
Abstraction | a general concept formed by extracting common features from specific examples |
Allow | allow or plan for a certain possibility concede the truth or validity of something "I allow for this possibility" "The seamstress planned for 5% shrinkage after the first wash" |
And | |
Annex | an addition that extends a main building |
Annexe | an addition that extends a main building |
Apprehension | the act of apprehending (especially apprehending a criminal) "the policeman on the beat got credit for the collar" |
Appropriate | give or assign a share of money or time to a particular person or cause "I will earmark this money for your research" |
Arrest | the act of apprehending (especially apprehending a criminal) "the policeman on the beat got credit for the collar" |
Ask | make a request or demand for something to somebody "She asked him for a loan" |
View all cognitive synonyms for Extort
Anagram | Definition |
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Extort | get or cause to become in a difficult or laborious manner |
View English words with the unique letters used in extort. Words With The Letters Eortx
Word | Definition |
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Obtain | receive a specified treatment (abstract) "These aspects of civilization do not find expression or receive an interpretation" "His movie received a good review" "I got nothing but trouble for my good intentions" |
Word | Definition |
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Prise | regard highly; think much of; "I respect his judgement"; "We prize his creativity" |
Pry | a heavy iron lever with one end forged into a wedge |
Word | Scrabble | Words With Friends | Word Chums | 4Pics1Word | Jumble |
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Oreortyx (8 letters) | 18 +5 | 17 +4 | oreortyx | ||
Cortex (6 letters) | 15 +2 | 16 +3 | cortex | ||
Extort (6 letters) | 13 | 13 | eorttx |
Extort Is In These Word Lists
- Starts With E
- Ends With T
- Spelled With / Contains Letters