extort
ex
ˈɛks
eks
tort
tɔrt
tawrt
/ɛkstˈɔːt/

āχāĻ‚āϰ⧇āϜāĻŋāϤ⧇ "extort"āĻāϰ āϏāĻ‚āĻœā§āĻžāĻž āĻ“ āĻ…āĻ°ā§āĻĨ

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āĻŦāĻžāρāĻ•āĻžāύ⧋, āύāĻŋāĻĒ⧁āĻŖāĻ­āĻžāĻŦ⧇ āĻĒāϰāĻŋāϚāĻžāϞāύāĻž āĻ•āϰāĻž

to twist or manipulate someone's words or actions in a dishonest or unfair way
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
Critics argued the reporter had been skewing her coverage by continuously extorting quotes out of context.
āϏāĻŽāĻžāϞ⧋āϚāĻ•āϰāĻž āϝ⧁āĻ•ā§āϤāĻŋ āĻĻāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞ⧇āύ āϝ⧇ āϏāĻžāĻ‚āĻŦāĻžāĻĻāĻŋāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āĻĒā§āϰāϏāĻ™ā§āϗ⧇āϰ āĻŦāĻžāχāϰ⧇ āωāĻĻā§āϧ⧃āϤāĻŋāϗ⧁āϞāĻŋ āĻ•ā§āϰāĻŽāĻžāĻ—āϤ āĻŦāĻŋāĻ•ā§ƒāϤ āĻ•āϰ⧇ āϤāĻžāϰ āĻ•āĻ­āĻžāϰ⧇āϜ āĻŦāĻŋāĻ•ā§ƒāϤ āĻ•āϰ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞ⧇āύāĨ¤
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āĻœā§‹āϰ āĻ•āϰ⧇ āφāĻĻāĻžāϝāĻŧ āĻ•āϰāĻž, āĻšā§āĻŽāĻ•āĻŋ āĻĻāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇ āϟāĻžāĻ•āĻž āφāĻĻāĻžāϝāĻŧ āĻ•āϰāĻž

to illegally obtain money, property, or services from someone through threat of harm or force
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
Mobsters were known to extort " protection money " from shop owners by threatening violence if they did n't pay up.
āĻŽāĻŦāĻ¸ā§āϟāĻžāϰāϰāĻž āĻĻā§‹āĻ•āĻžāύ⧇āϰ āĻŽāĻžāϞāĻŋāĻ•āĻĻ⧇āϰ āĻ•āĻžāĻ› āĻĨ⧇āϕ⧇ 'āϏ⧁āϰāĻ•ā§āώāĻž āĻ…āĻ°ā§āĻĨ' āĻ…āĻĒāĻšāϰāĻŖ āĻ•āϰāĻžāϰ āϜāĻ¨ā§āϝ āĻĒāϰāĻŋāϚāĻŋāϤ āĻ›āĻŋāϞ, āϝāĻĻāĻŋ āϤāĻžāϰāĻž āϟāĻžāĻ•āĻž āύāĻž āĻĻ⧇āϝāĻŧ āϤāĻŦ⧇ āĻšāĻŋāĻ‚āϏāĻžāϰ āĻšā§āĻŽāĻ•āĻŋ āĻĻāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇āĨ¤

āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻāϤāĻžāĻ¤ā§āĻ¤ā§āĻŦāĻŋāĻ• āĻ—āĻžāĻ›

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