Extorted can be categorized as a verb.
Verb |
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| extort - 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" | ||
| extort - obtain through intimidation | ||
| extort - get or cause to become in a difficult or laborious manner |
| # | Sentence | ||
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| 1. | verb | He extorted a large amount of money from her. | |
| 2. | verb | The gangsters extorted a vast sum of money from the rich man. | |
| 3. | verb | Larry did not understand that speaking the language of extortion leads others to believe they are being extorted. | |
| 4. | verb | That’s why we’ve pushed for transparency and cooperation in rooting out corruption, and tracking illicit dollars, because markets create more jobs when they're fueled by hard work, and not the capacity to extort a bribe. | |
| 5. | verb | That’s why we’ve pushed for transparency and cooperation in rooting out corruption, and tracking illicit dollars, because markets create more jobs when they're fueled by hard work, and not the capacity to extort a bribe. |
| Sentence | |
|---|---|
| verb | |
| He extorted a large amount of money from her. | |
| The gangsters extorted a vast sum of money from the rich man. | |
| Larry did not understand that speaking the language of extortion leads others to believe they are being extorted. | |
| That’s why we’ve pushed for transparency and cooperation in rooting out corruption, and tracking illicit dollars, because markets create more jobs when they're fueled by hard work, and not the capacity to extort a bribe. | |
| That’s why we’ve pushed for transparency and cooperation in rooting out corruption, and tracking illicit dollars, because markets create more jobs when they're fueled by hard work, and not the capacity to extort a bribe. | |