EXTORSIVE


Meaning of EXTORSIVE in English

— extorsively , adv.

/ik stawr"siv/ , adj. Law.

serving or tending to extort: extorsive measures.

[ 1660-70; extors ( us ) (ptp. of extorquere; see EXTORT) + -IVE ]

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary.      Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House .