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Phrase(s): 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.
McGrawhill's American Idioms And Phrasal Verbs