See also EXTORTOR. [f. as prec. + -ER1.] One who extorts. Const. of.

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1591.  Sylvester, Du Bartas, I. iii. (1641), 25/2.

        You strict Extorters, that the poor oppress,
And wrong the Widdow and the Father-less.

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1605.  Camden, Rem., 186. When Edric the extorter was deprived by King Cnute of the governement of Mercia.

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1794.  Sir W. Jones, Instit. Hindu Law, ix. § 258. Extorters of money by threats.

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1846.  Trench, Mirac., xxix. (1862), 434. God, the extorter of those unwilling … prophecies from wicked men.

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