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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

He apostrophizes Virtue and bids her take back the oath that she has extorted from him in a moment of weakness.

From The Life and Works of Friedrich Schiller by Thomas, Calvin

If, however, she has extorted overmuch by fraud or deceit, she would be bound to restitution.

From Summa Theologica, Part II-II (Secunda Secundae) Translated by Fathers of the English Dominican Province by Thomas, Aquinas, Saint