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6 letters · 13 points in Scrabble
Meaning
verb obtain through intimidation
verb obtain by coercion or intimidation
verb get or cause to become in a difficult or laborious manner
originBorrowed from Latin extortus, past participle of extorquere (“to twist or wrench out, to extort”); from ex (“out”) + -tort, from torqueō (“twist, turn”).
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