Definition of "extorting" []

• Present participle of extort. (verb)

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• "Oh yeah, because a few sleazy people succeeded in extorting him and he had a skin disease and that reflects poorly on him for some reason."
• "He insisted that all the groups fighting over the matatu termini control were cartels interested in extorting money from genuine operators."
• "Rose also testified that after the Rangers were rejected by the police, Reverend John Fry advised them to begin extorting merchants."