estorcere

Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin extorquēre, whence also the inherited doublet storcere, which the conjugation of this verb was modeled on.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /eˈstɔr.t͡ʃe.re/
  • Rhymes: -ɔrtʃere
  • Hyphenation: e‧stòr‧ce‧re

Verb

estòrcere (first-person singular present estòrco, first-person singular past historic estòrsi, past participle estòrto, auxiliary avére) (transitive)

  1. to extort (something) (from someone)
  2. to extract (e.g. confession) through violence

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