Usually means: Illegal obtaining of money, coercion.
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General (4 matching dictionaries)
  1. extorsion: Wiktionary
  2. extorsion: Dictionary.com
  3. Extorsion: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  4. extorsion: TheFreeDictionary.com

Business (1 matching dictionary)
  1. extorsion: Legal dictionary

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  1. extorsion: Encyclopedia

Medicine (4 matching dictionaries)
  1. extorsion: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary
  2. Dorland's Illustrated Medical Dictionary (No longer online)
  3. online medical dictionary (No longer online)
  4. extorsion: Medical dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (extorsion)

▸ noun:  (medicine) An outward rotation of a limb, organ or part of the eye.

Similar:
excycloduction, disclination, exorotation, exstrophy, eversion, outrotation, torsion, evertor, excyclotorsion, intorsion, more...

Opposite:
fair dealing, honesty, integrity, ethical behavior, just practice

Types:
blackmail, ransom, hush money, protection money, more...

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Similar:
excycloduction, disclination, exorotation, exstrophy, eversion, outrotation, torsion, evertor, excyclotorsion, intorsion, more...

Opposite:
fair dealing, honesty, integrity, ethical behavior, just practice

Types:
blackmail, ransom, hush money, protection money, more...



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