extorsion
See also: extorsión
English edit
Noun edit
extorsion (countable and uncountable, plural extorsions)
French edit
Etymology edit
Learned borrowing from Late Latin extortiōnem.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
extorsion f (plural extorsions)
- extortion (the practice of extorting money or other property)
Related terms edit
Further reading edit
- “extorsion”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Middle English edit
Noun edit
extorsion
- Alternative form of extorcion