estorcere — meaning in English
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English meaning
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extort
verb To obtain money or something else by threats, force, or abuse of power.
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wrest
verb To pull or twist violently.
Senses
estorcere is used for these senses in English:
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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.
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wrest
(transitive) To obtain by pulling or violent force.
wrest — full definition
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verb To pull or twist violently.
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verb To obtain by pulling or violent force.
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verb To distort, to pervert, to twist.
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verb To tune with a wrest, or key.
