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
MikoŁAj	mee-KAW-way	Polish
Fahd	-	Arabic
Sansone	sahn-SO-ne	Italian
Tatum	['teitəm]
ÁBrahÁM	-	Hungarian
Bader	['beidə]