Hyphenation of extort

Wondering how to hyphenate the English word extort? This word can be hyphenated and contains 2 syllables as shown below.

ex-tort

Definitions of extort:

1.	Obtain through intimidation
2.	Obtain by coercion or intimidation They extorted money from the executive by threatening to reveal his past to the company boss They squeezed money from the owner of the business by threatening him
3.	Get or cause to become in a difficult or laborious manner

Synonyms of extort:

verb	take
verb	squeeze, rack, gouge, wring, overcharge, soak, surcharge, gazump, fleece, plume, pluck, rob, hook
verb	wring from, obtain

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