extort
has extorted
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present perfectof extort (3rd person singular).present perfect
Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.
Example Sentences
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Some will think Rooney has extorted an unrealistic wage with his brinkmanship and damaged the club along the way.
From The Guardian ● Oct. 23, 2010
When conscience has extorted a confession, she returns him to his monastery and God, betaking herself to the Garden of Allah, gem of the desert, where their courtship began and her days will end.
From Time Magazine Archive
And by hook or crook, trick or treat, carrot or stick, Director Kubrick has extorted a brilliant run for the customer's money from a field of Hollywood also-rans.
From Time Magazine Archive
Man has extorted many secrets from Nature;12 he can make a little use of a few of its forces; but he is impotent before its power.
From The True Story of Our National Calamity of Flood, Fire and Tornado by Logan Marshall
Ah! my dear, he has extorted from me more than a thousand crowns' worth of humiliation!
From Mercadet A Comedy in Three Acts by Honoré de Balzac
