Question

extort She had tried to extort money from a film star, claiming that he was the father of her baby. ɛkˈstɔrt

Accepted Answer

To obtain from a person by force, threats, or illegal power. To extort is literally to wrench something out of someone. Extortion is a mainstay of organized crime. Just as the school bully extorts lunch money from the smaller kids in exchange for not beating them up, thugs extort “protection” money from business owners with threats of violence. But that's only one kind of extortion; a mobster might extort favors from a politician with threats of revealing some dark secret, just as you might extort a favor from a brother or sister by promising not to tell on them.

word	extort
definition	To obtain from a person by force, threats, or illegal power.
eg_sentence	She had tried to extort money from a film star, claiming that he was the father of her baby.
explanation	To extort is literally to wrench something out of someone. Extortion is a mainstay of organized crime. Just as the school bully extorts lunch money from the smaller kids in exchange for not beating them up, thugs extort “protection” money from business owners with threats of violence. But that's only one kind of extortion; a mobster might extort favors from a politician with threats of revealing some dark secret, just as you might extort a favor from a brother or sister by promising not to tell on them.
IPA	ɛkˈstɔrt

Extort Money Threats Obtain Person Force Illegal Power