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type | v |
lex_filenum | 40 |
def | obtain by coercion or intimidation |
examples | They extorted money from the executive by threatening to reveal his past to the company boss They squeezed money from the owner of the business by threatening him |
Frame - 16 | Somebody ----s something from somebody |
Outgoing links | |
Hypernym | overcharge, soak, surcharge, gazump, fleece, plume, pluck, rob, hook |
Derivationally related form | gouge → gouger |
Derivationally related form | squeeze → squeeze |
Derivationally related form | extort → extortion; extort → extortion |
Hyponym | bleed |
Incoming links | |
Derivationally related form | extortion → extort; extortion → extort |
Derivationally related form | squeeze → squeeze |
Derivationally related form | gouger → gouge |
Hyponym | overcharge, soak, surcharge, gazump, fleece, plume, pluck, rob, hook |
Hypernym | bleed |
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