extorsive

English

Etymology

See extort.

Adjective

extorsive (comparative more extorsive, superlative most extorsive)

1. Serving or tending to extort.
   • 1750, Joseph Shaw, Parish Law:

     the Words corrupte & extorsive being in the Indictment

Related terms

• extorsively

References

• “extorsive”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.