extort from

extort something from someone or something

to steal something from someone by coercion; to force someone to give something by making threats. The crook was trying to extort a lot of money from the widow by selling her a worthless insurance policy. The authorities caught the accounting firm trying to extort a great deal of money from the bank.

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Fred	[fred]
Tamela	-	English
Elsdon	ELZ-dən	English (Rare)
Eemil	E:-meel	Finnish
Federigo	fe-de-REE-go	Italian
Merten	MER-ten	German