Definition of "extorted" []

• Simple past tense and past participle of extort. (verb)

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• "Still he is just part of the problem, as regulation is also called for by the state Quango industry offake charities, that is funded by the state - in short extorted from you by tax:"
• "California officials are seeking to recover some of the $30 billion Governor Gray Davis says Enron “extorted from the state. ” But that will be difficult because the company has filed for bankruptcy and sold off its energy-trading division."
• "Some of these purchases were financed by funds extorted from the well-to-do elite hacienda owners."