† exˈtortor Obs.
Also 7 extortour.
[a. L. extortor, agent-n. f. extorquēre: see extort.]
a. One who extorts; = extorter. b. One who strains (a law); cf. extort v. 3 b.
| 1590 Swinburne Testaments 243 An importunate begger is compared to an extortor. 1611 Speed Hist. Gt. Brit. vi. xiii. §7 A great Enemie he was to Promoters, Pettifoggers, and Extortours of penall lawes. 1614 W. B. Philosopher's Banquet (ed. 2) 128 The Extortor thereof dyed by Famine. |