EXTORT

The natural meaning of the word "extort" is to obtain money or other valuable thing either by compulsion, by actual force, or by the force of motives applied to the will, and often more overpowering and irresistible than physical force. Com. v. O'Brien, 12 Cush. (Ma .) 90. See Ex~ TOBTION, Extortio est crimen quando quis colore offlcil extorquet quod non.est debitum, vel supra debitum, vel ante temp us quod est debltum. 10 Coke, 102. Extortion is a crime when, by color of office, any person extorts that which is not due, or more than ls due, or before the time when it is due. [s. 476]