extortion

1. 1.

   an exorbitant charge

   Broaderovercharge
2. 2.

   unjust exaction (as by the misuse of authority)

   “the extortion by dishonest officials of fees for performing their sworn duty”

   Broaderexaction
3. 3.

   the felonious act of extorting money (as by threats of violence)

   Broaderfelony

   Narrowerblackmailprotectionshakedown

Other forms of extortion

plural

extortions·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about extortion

What does extortion mean?

extortion means "an exorbitant charge". That is the primary sense; the word has 3 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in extortion?

extortion has 3 syllables: ex-tor-tion. The stress falls on "tor". In IPA it is /ɛkˈstɔɹʃən/.

Is extortion a common word?

extortion is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with extortion?

1 word rhymes with extortion. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.