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extorqueo

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Latin

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Etymology

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From ex- +‎ torqueō (twist, wrench).

Pronunciation

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Verb

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extorqueō (present infinitive extorquēre, perfect active extorsī, supine extortum); second conjugation

  1. to obtain or take away by force, extort
    Synonyms: adimō, ēripiō, removeō, tollō
  2. to tear away, twist away, wrench out

Conjugation

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Derived terms

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Descendants

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(See also *extorcĕre.)

  • Catalan: extorquir
  • English: extort
  • French: extorquer
  • Italian: estorcere
  • Portuguese: extorquir
  • Spanish: extorquer

References

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  • extorqueo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • extorqueo”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • extorqueo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
    • to wrest from a person's hand: ex or de manibus alicui or alicuius extorquere aliquid
    • to undeceive a person: alicui errorem demere, eripere, extorquere
    • to wrest weapons from some one's hands: extorquere arma e manibus