Extortion

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Middle English: from late Latin extortio(n- ), from Latin extorquere ‘wrest’ (see extort).

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From Middle English extorcion, extorcioun, extorsioun, from Late Latin extortiō, from extorqueō.

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extortion (n.)

"the act of extorting, the act or of wresting anything from a person by force, duress, menace, authority, or any undue exercise of power, oppressive or illegal exaction," c. 1300, from Latin extortionem (nominative extortio) "a twisting out, extorting," noun of action from past-participle stem of extorquere "wrench out, wrest away, to obtain by force," from ex "out" (see ex-) + torquere "to twist" (from PIE root *terkw- "to twist").