Clues for the word "EXTORT"
We've had 50 crossword clues used for this word, and seen it 69 times in crosswords. It was last seen in Penny Dell Daily crossword on June 19, 2026.
Definition of extort
- v. t. - 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.
- v. t. - To get by the offense of extortion. See Extortion, 2.
- v. i. - To practice extortion.
- p. p. & a. - Extorted.
Referring Clues
- Obtain by force
- Obtain via shakedown
- Bleed, with "from"
- Shake down
- Acquire by unsavory means
- Obtain through intimidation
- Obtain by coercion
- Squeeze
- Gouge
- Get by coercion
- Obtain via a shakedown
- Obtain by a shakedown
- Exact amounts of money?
- Blackmail
- Squeeze for dough
- Get by force or threats
- Obtain via threats
- Use a threat to get
- Wrest (from)
- Get by intimidation
- Take by force
- Acquire via blackmail
- Obtain by intimidation
- Secure money by intimidation
- Exact
- Bleed, as old cake cut
- Wring (money) out (by violence, etc)
- Once wrong, made exact
- Take from or put into the amended text
- Obtain (money etc) by force
- Blackmail's no longer wrong?
- Gain by violence from old wrong
- Compel to pay
- Milk from the next or the next but one house
- Unjustly oblige to pay
- Obtain by force or threats
- Obtain by threats or force
- To coerce former lover's wrong
- To demand with violence used to be wrong
- Squeeze (from)
- Of late, wrong to demand with menaces
- Obtain through intimidation, as money
- Is to do so no longer an offence?
- Gain by blackmail
- Get by a threat
- Get via threat
- Squeeze money from
- Coerce some money out of
- Get via blackmail
- Get by threat
Last Seen In
- Penny Dell Daily - June 19, 2026
- Evening Standard Quick - May 26, 2026
- Penny Dell Daily - June 30, 2025
- Penny Dell Daily - March 14, 2025
- Evening Standard Quick - March 05, 2024
- Evening Standard Quick - December 05, 2023
- Evening Standard Quick - November 08, 2023
- New York Times - June 19, 2023
- USA Today - September 02, 2022
- Evening Standard Quick - February 06, 2018
- Evening Standard Quick - November 13, 2017
- Evening Standard Quick - October 17, 2017
- Evening Standard Cryptic - October 06, 2017
- Pat Sajack's Code Letter - September 30, 2017
- Netword - September 12, 2017
- New York Times - August 03, 2017
- New York Times - May 31, 2017
- New York Times - March 01, 2017
- King Syndicate - Eugene Sheffer - February 28, 2017
- Guardian Quick - January 27, 2017
- Evening Standard Quick - June 30, 2016
- LA Times - July 02, 2015
- Guardian Quiptic - January 12, 2015
- LA Times - December 30, 2014
- Guardian Cryptic - September 18, 2014
- LA Times Sunday - September 15, 2013
- King Syndicate - Thomas Joseph - June 22, 2013
- New York Times - January 06, 2013
- Guardian Quick - October 22, 2012
- I Swear Crossword - October 19, 2012
- And in 39 more crossword puzzles...