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What does extorting mean?

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Verb
  1. present participle of extort
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The organisation also stands accused of extorting money from other organisations worldwide in order to maintain the registries.
On the other hand, the Court ought to be very careful not to allow an action for the protection of ancient lights to be used as a means of extorting money.
We can also see how the richest countries can in effect corrupt the good progress of UN operations by extorting, in a way, its long-term needs.
At the time, some members of his Four Seas Gang wanted to muscle in on a rival gang's turf and begin extorting protection money from small businesses.
Poster General Burleson has succeeded in penalizing the press by extorting a festerous rate of postage.
He is also charged with money-laundering and extorting bookmakers, drug dealers and loan sharks.

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