<p><strong>Verb</strong></p><ul><li>To wrest or wring (money, information, etc.) from a person by violence, intimidation, or abuse of authority; obtain by force, torture, threat, or the like.</li><li>To take illegally by reason of one's office.</li><li>To compel (something) of a person or thing: Her wit and intelligence extorted their admiration.</li></ul>