- Blackmail
- Squeeze
- To wrest from an unwilling person by physical force,
menace, duress, torture, or any undue or illegal exercise of power or
ingenuity; to wrench away (from); to tear away; to wring (from); to
exact; as, to extort contributions from the vanquished; to extort
confessions of guilt; to extort a promise; to extort payment of a debt.
- To get by the offense of extortion. See Extortion, 2.
- To practice extortion.
- Extorted.
- Blackmail
- The act of extorting; the act or practice of wresting
anything from a person by force, by threats, or by any undue exercise
of power; undue exaction; overcharge.
- The offense committed by an officer who corruptly claims
and takes, as his fee, money, or other thing of value, that is not due,
or more than is due, or before it is due.
- That which is extorted or exacted by force.
- Extorted money from
- of Blackmail
- of Blackmail
- The act or practice of extorting money by exciting
fears of injury other than bodily harm, as injury to reputation.