°To
wrest from an
unwilling person by physical force, menace, duress, torture, or any undue or illegal exercise of power or ingenuity; to wrench away (from); to
tear away; to
wring (from); to
exact; as, to extort contributions from the vanquished; to extort confessions of guilt; to extort a promise; to extort payment of a debt.
°To obtain by means of the offense of
extortion.