extort
had extorted
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past perfectof extort.past perfect
Used to express a completed action that took place before another specific past action occurred.
Example Sentences
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Baker said a “critical question” a jury would have to decide was whether Evling had extorted the money or had simply received and kept it.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 16, 2024
He added a state official had extorted money at the agriculture ministry from 2020 to 2023, Reuters reported.
From BBC ● Nov. 23, 2023
Defense attorney John Colette denied that Epps had extorted bribes from contractors, despite testimony from other defendants.
From Seattle Times ● May 24, 2017
Sheen claimed that people who knew his HIV-positive status had extorted money from him to keep it a secret.
From The Guardian ● Nov. 17, 2015
This bridge has another curiosity—a gilt cock on an iron rod, commemorating the usual legend of the "first living thing" sent across to cheat the devil, who had extorted such a promise from the architect.
From Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science, Volume 20. July, 1877. by Various
