extort
are extorting
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present progressiveof extort.present progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or state that is currently taking place in the immediate present.
Example Sentences
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“They are extorting the cities of this country,” Frank said in a telephone interview.
From BusinessWeek ● Nov. 15, 2011
Yesterday, as Inc.'s Christine Lagorio reports, the site was hit with a class action lawsuit that alleges that Yelp's sales people are extorting some businesses.
From Inc ● Feb. 25, 2010
The Prussian invaders are extorting millions of money, as well as enormous food-supplies, from a starving people.
From German Problems and Personalities by Charles Saroléa
"What you may think you are extorting, my dear boy, you are going to get through sheer good-will and a desire to give your father every chance in the world," he said blandly.
From The Quickening by E. M. Ashe
