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extorsive

American

[ik-stawr-siv] / ɪkˈstɔr sɪv /

adjective

Law.

serving or tending to extort.

extorsive measures.

Other Word Forms

extorsively adverb

Etymology

Origin of extorsive

1660–70; < Latin extors ( us ) (past participle of extorquēre; extort ) + -ive

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