Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to extort
Participle: extorted
Gerund: extorting
Cognates
-
Indicative
Present
| I | extort |
| you | extort |
| he;she;it | extorts |
| we | extort |
| you | extort |
| they | extort |
Perfect
| I | have extorted |
| you | have extorted |
| he;she;it | has extorted |
| we | have extorted |
| you | have extorted |
| they | have extorted |
Past
| I | extorted |
| you | extorted |
| he;she;it | extorted |
| we | extorted |
| you | extorted |
| they | extorted |
Pluperfect
| I | had extorted |
| you | had extorted |
| he;she;it | had extorted |
| we | had extorted |
| you | had extorted |
| they | had extorted |
Future
| I | will extort |
| you | will extort |
| he;she;it | will extort |
| we | will extort |
| you | will extort |
| they | will extort |
Future Perfect
| I | will have extorted |
| you | will have extorted |
| he;she;it | will have extorted |
| we | will have extorted |
| you | will have extorted |
| they | will have extorted |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | extort |
| you | extort |
| he;she;it | extort |
| we | extort |
| you | extort |
| they | extort |
Perfect
| I | have extorted |
| you | have extorted |
| he;she;it | have extorted |
| we | have extorted |
| you | have extorted |
| they | have extorted |
Imperfect
| I | extorted |
| you | extorted |
| he;she;it | extorted |
| we | extorted |
| you | extorted |
| they | extorted |
Pluperfect
| I | had extorted |
| you | had extorted |
| he;she;it | had extorted |
| we | had extorted |
| you | had extorted |
| they | had extorted |
Conditional
Present
| I | would extort |
| you | would extort |
| he;she;it | would extort |
| we | would extort |
| you | would extort |
| they | would extort |
Perfect
| I | would have extorted |
| you | would have extorted |
| he;she;it | would have extorted |
| we | would have extorted |
| you | would have extorted |
| they | would have extorted |
Imperative
| you | extort |
| we | Let's extort |
| you | extort |
Verbs conjugated like 'extort'
abandon,
abduct,
abear,
aberr,
abject,
abord,
abort,
abound,
abraid,
abray,
abrook,
abscind,
abscond,
absist,
absorb,
abstain,
abstract,
accend,
accent,
accept, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'extort'
exhort,
export,
sextort,
detort,
effort,
enhort,
escort,
excoct,
exert,
expert,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Synonyms
- take by force
- exact, tear, wrench, wring
- exact
- squeeze, blackmail, wrench, gouge, bleed, force, pinch, steal
Antonyms
- exact
- inexact, imprecise, inaccurate, incorrect
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin extortus, past participle of extorquere (“to twist or wrench out, to extort”); from ex (“out”) + -tort, from torqueō (“twist, turn”).
Sample Sentences
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[...] than any torture of the body: and because its ghastly signs and tokens are not so palpable to the eye and sense of touch as scars upon the flesh; because its wounds are not upon the surface, and it extorts few cries that human ears can hear; therefore I the more denounce it, as a secret punishment which slumbering humanity is not roused up to stay. I hesitated once, debating with myself, whether, if [...]
(American Notes for General Circulation)