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extortion
English
Etymology
From Middle English extorcion, extorcioun, extorsioun, from Late Latin extorti?, from extorque?.
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /?k?st???n/
- (US) IPA(key): /?k?st????n/
- Rhymes: -??(r)??n
Noun
extortion (plural extortions)
- The practice of extorting money or other property by the use of force or threats.
- Synonym: blackmail
Related terms
- extortionary, extortionate, extortive
Translations
Further reading
- extortion on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
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swindling
English
Verb
swindling
- present participle of swindle
Noun
swindling (plural swindlings)
- The act by which somebody is swindled.
- 1850, Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine (volume 68, page 226)
- […] the jails were larger and fuller, the number of murders was incomparably greater, the thefts and swindlings in the old country were a bagatelle to the large depredations there […]
- 1850, Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine (volume 68, page 226)
Anagrams
- windlings
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