extorqueri
Dictionary entries
- Entry →extorqueo, extorquere, extorsi, extortus:
Verb · 2nd conjugation
- Frequency:
- Frequent
extort; tear away, twist away; twist/wrench out;
pres. pass. infin.
Examples
Liber XXXIX
Titus Livius (Livy)
"...esse. comitiis acrius etiam quam ante petebat criminando, extorqueri sibi a consule et senatu populi Romani beneficium..."Liber V
Titus Livius (Livy)
"...adseculae habendi tribuni plebis sint; eripi sacratas leges, extorqueri tribuniciam potestatem; id fraude patriciorum, scelere ac proditione collegarum..."