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ex⋅tor⋅sive

[ik-stawr-siv]
–adjective Law.
serving or tending to extort: extorsive measures.

Origin:
1660–70; < L extors(us) (ptp. of extorquēre; see extort ) + -ive


ex⋅tor⋅sive⋅ly, adverb
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