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- verb Simple past tense and past participle of
extort .
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Examples
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Still he is just part of the problem, as regulation is also called for by the state Quango industry offake charities, that is funded by the state - in short extorted from you by tax:
Whilst the economy go's to hell, Labour's best is smaller wine glasses. FIDO The Dog 2009
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California officials are seeking to recover some of the $30 billion Governor Gray Davis says Enron “extorted from the state. †But that will be difficult because the company has filed for bankruptcy and sold off its energy-trading division.
Think Progress » Specter Caves, Proposes Blanket Amnesty For Illegal Government Surveillance 2006
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Some of these purchases were financed by funds extorted from the well-to-do elite hacienda owners.
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Some of these purchases were financed by funds extorted from the well-to-do elite hacienda owners.
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Davis, I'd sieze every private pipeline, powerline, and power plant and hold them hostage until the energy industry pays back every dime they extorted from the state.
Boing Boing: September 22, 2002 - September 28, 2002 Archives 2002
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Tempted by the great sums of money that had been extorted from the English,
Olaf the Glorious A Story of the Viking Age Robert Leighton
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The terms extorted from King Ferdinand by the Landgrave's victorious campaign, were also in their favour.
Life of Luther Julius Koestlin
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In this connection it is instructive to pass in review the secret maneuvers by which the recognition of Poland's independence was, so to say, extorted from a Russian Minister, who was reputed at the time to be a Democrat of the Democrats.
The Inside Story of the Peace Conference Emile Joseph Dillon 1894
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The terms extorted from King Ferdinand by the Landgrave's victorious campaign, were also in their favour.
Life of Martin Luther Koestlin, Julius 1881
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Wallace refused to resume the dignity he had resigned, the reinvestment of which had been extorted from the lords in the citadel.
The Scottish Chiefs 1875
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