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extorsive
[ik-
stawr
-siv]
Word Origin
adjective
Law
.
serving or tending to extort:
extorsive measures.
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Origin of
extorsive
1660–70;
<
Latin
extors(us
) (past participle of
extorquēre;
see
extort
) +
-ive
Related forms
ex·tor·sive·ly
,
adverb
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