v. Obs. Sc. Also 6 extorss, 7 extorce. [f. L. extors- rare form of ppl. stem of extorquēre: see EXTORT.] trans. To practise extortion upon; hence, to oppress.
1567. Sc. Acts Jas. VI. (1814), III. 42. Neyther the saidis customaris be sufferit to extorss the people as thai haue done in tymes past.
1604. Earl Stirling, Avrora, Sonn. lxiv. 13. Too many grieuous plagues my state extorse. Ibid. (1614), Doomes-day, 4th Houre, lxxxix. By men even dead (as oft alive) extorc’d, To avarice, else cruelty, still slave.
absol. 1728. Ramsay, Gen. Mistake, Wks. 1851, II. 339. A penman … lends, extorses, cheats.
