carpire — meaning in English

English meaning

• extort verb To obtain money or something else by threats, force, or abuse of power.
• sneak verb To move quietly and carefully so as not to be noticed.
• wrest verb To pull or twist violently.

Senses

carpire is used for these senses in English:

• extort (transitive) To take or seize from an unwilling person by physical force, menace, duress, torture, or any undue or illegal exercise of power or ingenuity.
• sneak (intransitive) To creep or go stealthily; to come or go while trying to avoid detection, as a person who does not wish to be seen.
• wrest (transitive) To obtain by pulling or violent force.

sneak — full definition

1. verb To move quietly and carefully so as not to be noticed.
2. verb To take something without permission, doing it quietly and secretly.
3. adjective Done secretly, or released ahead of the official date.

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