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extorqueo

Pronunciation: [ɛkˈstɔr.kʷe.oː]

“extorqueo” is a Latin word. Its 2 meanings in English:

verb

  1. to obtain or take away by force, extort
  2. to tear away, twist away, wrench out

Etymology

From ex- + torqueō (“twist, wrench”).

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